13,000 EUR
IWC, Schaffhausen, Ingenieur, Automatic Ref. 3227, No. 1. Notes IWC Schaffhausen. The dials bear the inscription “IWC Schaffhausen”, and many a person may well be astonished to find a watch manufacturer of world renown, worlds apart from the horological bastion of western Switzerland. With a name that is anything but Swiss, the atypical profile of the International Watch Company arouses curiosity about its origins. There was once a young American, Florentine Ariosto Jones, from Boston, a master watchmaker with a good measure of idealism and shrewd business acumen to boot. It is now 137 years since he set out to manufacture extremely accurate pocket watch movements combining modern American production machines with the low Swiss wages of that time. Jones established his business in 1868 not far from the Rhine Falls and founded the International Watch Company, a cradle of creative precision watchmaking and outstanding engineering achievement. A legacy of pioneering spirit, verve and ambition were instilled into the manufactory by its founder. For the “engineers of fine watchmaking”, pleasure in watches is more than pleasure in the accurate time. It is enthusiasm for an amazing idea. The interplay between precision and a creative solution. Accordingly, IWC has been devoting a tick more time to watches. In the horological specialities segment, watch lovers are full of praise for the creative engineering art from Schaffhausen. Grande Complication, Da Vinci and Portuguese are
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-09-22
