Welcome to my Top Swiss Chronographs Boutique! Since 1868, the Swiss watch manufacturers have been creating masterpieces of haute horlogerie that combine precision engineering with exclusive design. IWC mechanical timepieces are handcrafted in own workshops with meticulous attention to detail. International Watch Company, better known as IWC Schaffhausen, is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer located in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Originally founded in Switzerland by American watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones in 1868, the company was transferred to the Rauschenbach family in 1880 after bankruptcy and has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Richemont Group since 2000. IWC is best known for its luxury pilot/aviation watches and for being a pioneer in the use of ceramic and titanium in watchmaking. In 2018, IWC was recognized by the WWF for its environmental efforts and received an "Ambitious" rating; placing first amongst fifteen other Swiss watchmakers. In 1868, American engineer and watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones (1841–1916), who had been a director of E. Howard & Co., in Boston founded the International Watch Company. He planned to assemble watches in Switzerland and import them into the United States. At the time, wages in Switzerland were relatively low although there was a ready supply of skilled watchmaking labor, mainly carried out by people in their homes. Jones encountered opposition to his plans in French-speaking Switzerland because Jones wanted to open a factory. In 1850, the town of Schaffhausen was in danger of being left behind in the Industrial Age. At this stage, watch manufacturer and industrialist Heinrich Moser built Schaffhausen's first hydroelectric plant and aided in further industrialization. He met F.A. Jones in Le Locle and showed great interest in his plans. Together, they laid the foundations for the only watch manufacturers in north-eastern Switzerland. The brand was previously known as the International Watch Chronology. During the period just before and after the First World War, E.J. Homberger established many social institutions. He extended the living quarters for factory employees and established a fund for widows and orphans. In 1929, the name of the fund was changed to the J. Rauschenbach Foundation and in 1949 he founded the Watch Company Welfare Foundation. Germany's military buildup of the 1930s brought the demand for precision watches back to Glashütte. From the second half of the thirties to the end of World War II, IWC was one of five watch manufacturers (the others being Stowa, Laco, Wempe and A. Lange & Söhne) that built B-Uhren for Germany's air force (Luftwaffe). On 1 April 1944, Schaffhausen was bombed by the United States Army Air Forces. The watch factory was hit by a bomb which failed to detonate after crashing through the rafters. The flames from incendiaries exploding nearby penetrated the building through the broken windows but were extinguished by the company's own fire brigade. After World War II, IWC was forced to change its focus. All of Eastern Europe had fallen under the Iron Curtain, and the economy of Germany was in shambles. As a result, old contacts and connections with other countries in Europe and the Americas as well as Australia and the Far East were revived and intensified or established. IWC's motto is Probus Scafusia, a Latin phrase meaning "good, solid craftsmanship from Schaffhausen". The motto was established in 1903. Four times a year, IWC publishes a customer magazine, Watch International. This publication is available in German, French, and English. The magazine includes feature stories about IWC, and other articles. Movement: - self-winding caliber 79320 - base: ETA Valjoux 7750, the famous "workhorse" - 25 jewels - 44 hours power reserve - frequency: 28,800 AS/h, 4 Hz - Côtes de Genève Case: - 316L stainless steel - fine brushed/polished - 44mm excl. crown, 48mm incl. - thickness: 15mm - length: 50,5mm lug to lug - unique No: 3*****1 (for buyer only), best proof of authenticity Scratch resistant sapphire crystal Case back: solid 316L stainless steel with engravings Bezel: - diver's 0 - 60 - unidirectional rotating - 316L stainless steel with black-yellow inlay - multilayer Crown: - 316L stainless steel - polished with raised logo shield - screwed down - push/pull - two chronograph pushers, polished Dial: - black matte - date at 03:00 o'clock - weekday at 03:00 o'clock - polished luminous hands and hour batons - yellow minute hand - minutes markers around the outer rim - three chronograph sub-dials: silver 12 hours counter at 06:00 o'clock black small hacking seconds at 09:00 o'clock silver 30 min. counter at 12:00 o'clock - chronograph central seconds hand with white tipp Strap: - original IWC - QBM black rubber - length: ca. 22cm incl. wristwatch itself - width: 22mm Pin-buckle: - 316L stainless steel - fine brushed/polished - with IWC logo Weight: 147 grams Water-resistant: 100meters/10ATM/330feet Distinctive design. High recognition level. Very chic white IWC watch box (see pics) with black travel box inside. Full set. Distributor's stock: the warranty card isn't stamped. For watches older than two years, “original warranty” means that the warranty card is included. General pre-sale service was made in November 2025: the watch is keeping good time and all functions are working perfectly. My personal authenticity and quality warranty: you will get warranty card (as pictured), fully completed, stamped and signed. Excellent condition, never worn: the wristwatch comes from luxury watch-shop showcase; every morning the watch was put on the stand in the shop window, every evening it was removed from the window. Insured, registered shipping worldwide with DHL Express: it’s not cheap, and yet fast and reliable, two days in Europe, three days for the rest of this world. Everything you see in my pics is included in the package that you'll receive. NO EXTRA COSTS for EU Buyers!