Tiffany & Co. by Schaffhausen International Watch Company Art Deco Watch, 1949
By IWC
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: International Watch Company, Schaffhausen Switzerland / Tiffany & Co. STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Round Style METAL / MATERIAL: 14 Kt Solid Yellow Gold DIMENSIONS...
14k Gold
International Watch Company, A Rare 14k Rose Gold Pocket Watch with B&P C1900
By IWC
Located in Mayfair, London, London
A fine example of IWC craftsmanship. The watch comes with it's original Box & Papers and a gold dress chain.
14k Gold, Rose Gold
International Watch Company Rose Gold Keyless Lever Open Face Pocket Watch C1920
By IWC
Located in Mayfair, London, London
An International Watch Company 14ct yellow gold, keyless lever open face pocket watch, C1920s with it's original presentation box. Dial: A Beautiful White Enamel Dial in perfect con...
14k Gold, Rose Gold
Tiffany & Co. I. W. C. Watch Company Rose Gold Manual Wind Watch
By IWC
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: International Watch Company for Tiffany & Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Round, Classic METAL: 14 Kt. Rose Gold CIRCA: 1930's MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Manual Winding / 17 Je...
I.W.C. International Watch Company Art Deco Open Faced Pocket Watch, circa 1930s
By IWC
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: International Watch Company, Schaffhausen STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco / Open Faced Pocket Watch METAL / MATERIAL: 14kt Solid Gold CIRCA / YEAR: 1930's DIMENSIONS / ...
Vintage IWC Schaffhausen Rose Gold Wrist Watch
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1950 IWC International Watch Company Schaffhausen Wrist Watch, 37 M.M 18k Rose Gold 3 Piece case with Fancy Flared lugs, Rose Gold crown, Caliber 89, 17 jewel nickle lever, mec...
18k Gold, Rose Gold
International Watch Co. Stainless Steel Automatic circa, 1940's
By IWC
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: I.W.C. / Schaffhausen STYLE / REFERENCE: Round METAL / MATERIAL: Stainless Steel CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 44mm x Diameter 35mm MOVEMENT / CA...
Stainless Steel
I.W.C. 18Kt Solid Yellow Gold Art Deco Oversized Tank Watch circa 1930's
By IWC
Located in Long Beach, CA
And, it is the perfect unisex size as well. IWC Schaffhausen, founded in 1868, is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer known for its expertise in pilot watches, sports watches, and dr...
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
I. W. C. Schaffhausen Yellow Gold Art Deco Style Mechanical Watch
By IWC
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: International Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Tonneau Shape / Art Deco MOVEMENT / CALIBER: 17 Jewels / Cal. 87 DIAL / HANDS: Arabic and Baton Numbers, Gilt Style Ha...
J.E. Caldwell by I.W.C. 18Kt Yellow Gold Open Faced Art Deco Pocket Watch, 1930s
By IWC
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: International Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Open Faced / Art Deco METAL / MATERIAL: 18Kt Yellow Gold and Enamel DIMENSIONS: Diameter 45mm CIRCA: 1920's / 1930's ...
IWC Schaffhausen Yellow Gold Pocket Watch for Raymond Yard
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1930 International Watch Company IWC Schaffhausen Pocket Watch Retailed by Raymond Yard, 44 M.M.
14k Gold
IWC IWC Stainless 19mm Watch 2778
By IWC
Located in Dix hills, NY
Date Code/Serial Number: 1961484 Measurements: Open Length: 8" Width: .75" Height: 8" Circumference: 5"-7" OVERALL GOOD CONDITION ( 7/10 or B ) Signs of Wear: Exterior: Minor Sc...
IWC Schaffhausen For Mappin & Webb Sterling Silver Campaign Style Manual Watch
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: International Watch Company for Mappin and Webb STYLE / REFERENCE: Military / Campaign Style METAL / MATERIAL: Sterling Silver DIMENSIONS: Length 38mm X Diameter 33m...
$5,524
IWC Portuguese Stopwatch
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
IWC Portuguese stopwatch steel/black crocodile strap black dial/2 counters silver automatic circa 2010 box 4700 euros
Rare IWC Early Ingenieur c1956 Automatic cal 852 Faraday Cage (iron cover) Watch
Located in MELBOURNE, AU
Housed in a robust 36.5 mm screw-back CASE, no. 1397897 the watch retains its original soft iron anti-magnetic inner cover (Faraday cage) – a sophisticated feature developed to shi...
Stainless Steel
IWC Da Vinci MOON PHASE CHRON Perpetual Calendar YGOLD 18K 750 Men's Wrist Watch
Located in New York, NY
IWC Da Vinci MOON PHASE CHRON Perpetual Calendar YGOLD 18K 750 Men's Wrist Watch Model IWC Da Vinci Reference Number IW3750 Number of Jewels 36 Features T...
18k Gold
I.W.C. International Steel Mid-Century Automatic 1960's with Original Dial
By IWC
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: International Watch Company / Schaffhausen STYLE / REFERENCE: Auto Date / Reference 818A METAL / MATERIAL: Stainless Steel CIRCA / YEAR: 1950's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Le...
$1,880
Montega MC01
By IWC
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Montega MC01 rare example of this Swiss brand which created this chronometer in partnership with Ronaldo. the shape of the box resumes the shape of the Maracana stadium seen from ab...
18K Yellow Gold & Natural Diamond IWC Ladies Watch
By IWC
Located in Lexington, KY
This elegant ladies' timepiece was made by the renowned International Watch Co. (IWC) in striking 18k yellow and white gold with bright white natural diamonds.
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Peerless by IWC Campaign Style Sterling Silver Half Hunter from 1915
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: International Watch Co. for Peerless STYLE / REFERENCE: Campaign Style / Half Hunter METAL / MATERIAL: Sterling Silver & Enamel CIRCA / YEAR: 1915 DIMENSIONS / SIZE...
IWC Stainless Steel "Yacht Club" Automatic Date Model in New Condition, ca 1970s
By Piaget
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: I.W.C. (International Watch Co) STYLE / REFERENCE: Yacht Club / R810 METAL / MATERIAL: Stainless Steel CIRCA / YEAR: 1970's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 43mm x Diamete...
International Watch Co. 18K Gold Textured Bracelet Watch with Champagne Dial
By Unbranded
Located in Tysons, VA
This elegant mid-century lady’s wristwatch by International Watch Co. (IWC) features a cushion-shaped 18K yellow gold case with a champagne dial accented by applied baton numerals an...
18k Gold
Gerald Genta Mickey Mouse Quartz Watch Red Leather Strap
By Gérald Genta
Located in Antwerp, BE
Movement: Quartz Functions: Hours, Minutes Case: Stainless steel and 18kt yellow gold bezel, diameter 34 mm, rear lid marked: Gerald Genta Geneve Quartz The Walt Disney Company, re...
Quartz, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Stainless Steel
Tiffany & Co. Art Deco 18K Yellow Gold I.W.C. Watch
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Westport, CT
An iconic Art Deco IWC (International Watch Company) and Tiffany & Co. 18K yellow gold manual wind wristwatch, circa 1920s.
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1970's Corum Vintage Classic Mens Automatic Luxury Watch - Stainless Steel
By Corum
Located in Suwanee, GA
The same movement architecture was trusted by prestigious houses such as Vacheron Constantin, IWC, and Panerai in watches commanding far higher prices, precisely because it offered c...
Stainless Steel
Mid-century IWC Calatrava Cal. 88 Solid 14K Gold Manual Wristwatch w/ Box
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Refined and timeless, this 1950s IWC Calatrava-style wristwatch is crafted in solid 14k gold and powered by the renowned Caliber 88 hand-wound movement.
Gold
Men’s Vintage International Watch Company 18 Karat Gold Wrist Watch
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Schaffhausen vintage International Watch Co. (IWC), circa 1950s. 18-karat yellow gold watch with rose gold dial and applied yellow gold bar markers.
Gold
NOS 1982 IWC ref. 3700 PORSCHE Design Automatic Chronograph Titan German Dial
By Ferdinand A. Porsche
Located in St. Louis, MO
Born out of the historic 20-year collaboration between IWC Schaffhausen and Ferdinand Alexander "Butzi" Porsche, this watch was a monumental milestone in the history of horology, per...
Steel
Christian Louboutin 2016 Sweet Charity De Paris Pattern Zip Coin Purse
By Christian Louboutin
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Pair this charming coin purse with a elegant evening clutch from Dolce & Gabbana, a sleek watch from IWC, or a statement ring from Tiffany & Co. for a polished look.
One of Switzerland’s major luxury watch companies was started by an American who saw the potential of bringing Switzerland’s superb watchmaking into the modern age through industrialized manufacturing and high-precision interchangeable parts. The New Hampshire–born watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones (1841–1916), who founded International Watch Company — known today as simply IWC — in 1868, was interested in “combining all the excellence of the American system of mechanism with the more skillful hand labor of the Swiss.”
Setting up the company with another American watchmaker, Charles Kidder, in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Jones used hydropower from the River Rhine for his plant’s machinery. Rethinking watch design would lead to one of IWC’s early successes: the Pallweber pocket watch. Based on an 1883 patent by Austrian watchmaker Josef Pallweber, the watch employed numbered disks for jumping hour and minute displays, making it a pioneer in digital timekeeping.
After Johann Rauschenbach-Vogel took over the watch manufacturer in 1880, four generations of his family led IWC into the 20th century. In 1905, Ernst Jakob Homberger and his brother-in-law Carl Jung — the famed Swiss psychiatrist — acquired IWC. Homberger bought out Jung’s holdings in 1929, and in the 1930s, the company introduced pilot watches, which were particularly robust and aimed solely at the civil aviation industry. These durable wristwatches were designed specifically to remain operational during extreme temperature shifts. (As blue watch dials are particularly hot right now, IWC's blue-dial Big Pilot is having a moment.)
The company still operates alongside the river where it was founded, having gained an international reputation over the past 150 years for its elegant designs and expert craftsmanship. Vintage IWC watches are prized by collectors — of whom there are many these days — and while the company continues to guard its attention to detail and quality, it has pushed its classic designs forward with modern innovation intended to stand the test of time.
IWC’s 2013 Ingenieur watch collection, with its precision based on an inventive constant-force mechanism, looked back to a 1955 Ingenieur model that featured a durable soft-iron inner cage as well as a 1976 update by leading Swiss watch designer Gérald Genta that encased its mechanism in a sleek steel case. IWC has also had a recent push toward sustainability, designing watches that are made to last a lifetime and beyond and earning the highest environmental ranking of any Swiss watch company in a 2018 report published by the World Wide Fund for Nature Switzerland (WWF).
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Antique, vintage and luxury wristwatches have captured the hearts and minds of all manner of watch collectors as well as the watchmakers themselves — it's time you found your own.
Certain vintage watches for men and iconic watch designs for women are sought after not only because of their graceful proportions or innovative materials but also because of the illustrious histories of the houses that created them, histories that they stylishly embody.
Bulgari’s legendary Serpenti watch was on everyone’s list after the collection’s bold bracelet, which technically debuted after the timepiece, graced the wrist of actress Elizabeth Taylor. If anything, elaborately crafted timepieces — the unmistakably boxy silhouette of Cartier Tank watches, the elegant and minimal Calatrava designed by legendary Swiss house Patek Philippe — are even more effective than the shape we associate with traditional wristwatches.
Form watches — the all-encompassing moniker bestowed upon non-round watches — are making headlines and completing contemporary fashionable ensembles the world over. At the same time, both casual fans and careful collectors are drawn to the unbeatable charm of vintage styles, such as the icons designed by Omega that even James Bond can’t resist.
In the early days of watchmaking, watches were fragile enough that they necessitated protection from the elements. Now, wristwatches made of gold and steel can withstand the harshest climates — even 100 meters underwater, in the case of Rolex’s Submariner. Designer Gérald Genta, whose range of clients included Rolex, created for Audemars Piguet the first luxury sports timepiece to be made from stainless steel. First introduced in 1972, the Royal Oak was a perfect choice for blending the form and function that are now synonymous with sports watches.
Are you shopping for a wristwatch? It’s good to keep your needs as well as your specific personal style in mind: A smaller, subtle timepiece is a good fit for small wrists. When will you be wearing your new accessory? There’s a versatile model out there for everyday wear, while a rugged, feature-heavy watch is a safe bet if you’re prone to embarking on all-weather activities in the great outdoors.
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