IWC - Day-Date - IW3702 - Men - 1980-1989

The Titanium Chronograph introduced in 1980 was the first titanium wristwatch. It’s hard to believe today, given the abundance of titanium models, but at the time it was a major novelty. No one used titanium back then: it was an expensive material, difficult to work with and used exclusively in the aerospace industry. IWC engineers accepted the challenge and developed new techniques for processing this exotic material; they thus managed to realize Porsche Design’s vision, which aspired to a chronograph with a refined and minimalist look.

The watch was not only an innovation in materials. The pushers were also integrated superbly (in a design still used today in the Porsche Design Monobloc Actuator series) and the titanium bracelet was perfectly in tune with the timepiece’s aesthetics. It was this watch that definitively made the collaboration between Porsche Design and IWC known, erasing any doubt about the excellent competence of both companies. The first series does not bear the Porsche Design logo.
Diameter of the case 42 mm. Sapphire crystal. Screwed-down case back. Automatic movement, Day-Date function and chronograph. Bracelet length: 17 cm. Insured and trackable shipping.