IWC celebrated the success of the Plastiki expedition by holding an online auction for a unique timepiece created to commemorate the event and IWC celebrated its 140 year anniversary with Pilot Watch Vintage Collection that comes in 6 watches belonging to different collections. The piece sold for 30,800 euros or a little over $40,000, and IWC will donate the entire proceeds to the Sculpt the Future Foundation, where they will be used to help fund an ongoing Plastiki project by the name of “The Plastiki Pod”. These IWC watches symbolize the landmarks of the company’s development. The “oldest” watch from this series is the model with manual-wound 98300 caliber (18 jewels, power reserve of 46 hours).

For their several-month voyage, the Plastiki team was equipped with stainless metal illustrations of IWC’s Ingenieur automated mandate Earth Edition “Adventure Ecology” model, that is restricted to 1,000 pieces. The wrist watches from jubilee sequence are equipped with ultra-modern automated IWC movements which are employed in countless other IWC models. The movements of wrist watches is dependent on 98 Calibre that is identified as probably the most well-known IWC calibre. The look at provides twelve bar drinking water resistance as properly as the situation attributes protective shoulders with the crown and homes the IWC-manufactured 80110 caliber, which carries a soft-iron internal situation to force field it versus magnetic fields and also a shock absorption program as safeguard versus impacts.

“As a CO2-neutral company, we are particularly pleased that the proceeds from the auction will be used to support inspiring ideas in the struggle against environmental pollution,” commented IWC CEO Georges Kern, following the successful auction. “It means that the basic idea behind the Plastiki expedition will live on.”

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Although I have not seen any official information from the CBI, this word is the watch brand IWC launched a special limited edition Aquatimer – a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the famous Ocean Explorer. I think these pictures that came my way that is more than just a rumor.

IWC 2010 Cousteau Aquatimer Chronograph Watch

44mm case diameter (15 mm), water resistant to 120 meters, the IWC 79320 caliber automatic movement, day, date and chronograph.

Looking at the big picture, it’s all absolute sense – you know, June 11, 2010 100th Birth applicable to the birth of Jacques-Yves Cousteau (he died in 1997 at the age of 87). This should “1910 – 2010″ engraved on the bottom says (photo below).

More Aquatimer Chronograph Watches:
Altanus chronograph sport watches,
Breitling Chronomat B01,
Montblanc Nicolas Chronograph Watch,
TAG Heuer Carrera Caliber 1887 Chronograph.

IWC once again topped the “luxury Ranking Index” top (Figure)

The recently promulgated “luxury Ranking Index” (Luxury Brand Status Index) shows that IWC in the past three years, two of the top position temporarily. At the same time, Patek Philippe (Patek Philippe), Rolex (Rolex), Vacheron Constantin (Vacheron Constantin) and the Audemars Piguet (Audemars Piguet), etc. Famous among others.

It is reported that the patent “luxury Ranking Index” is the only luxury brand in the United States used to measure the eyes of well-off people the importance and value of the pointer, the survey collected directly from wealthy customer who was on the statistically significant data. The index covers the measured levels of the four brand pillars: the continuing excellent quality, uniqueness, social status, self-improvement. The survey also measured the same time, the brand’s three main achievements may be a luxury to make a comparison Ranking Index: product value for money, are willing to recommend the brand to friends and family, the next purchase will once again consider the same brand.

IWC voted in this to get total score of 7.87 points, slightly higher than the Rolex (Rolex), Vacheron Constantin (Vacheron Constantin) and other well-known first-line luxury brands, in the yield and quality of elements, social status, self-improvement and so on are good performance, and become the customers most want to recommend to friends and relatives and the most expensive value for money products.

IWC was founded in 1868, has a long history, which has become internationally renowned Swiss watch manufacturer. In the more than 141 years of history produced a variety of precision watch, designed for watch connoisseurs and enthusiasts set to love the invention, known for innovative products and superior technology.