IWC Mark X Military Broad Arrow
View Similar Items
IWC Mark X Military Broad Arrow
About the Item
- Creator:
- Case Dimensions:Diameter: 1.38 in (35 mm)
- Place of Origin:
- Date of Manufacture:1940s
- Condition:Excellent.
- Seller Location:Miami Beach, FL
- Reference Number:Seller: 1107-1003441stDibs: JU11040121336
IWC
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).
Find vintage IWC wristwatches, Art Deco–style pocket watches and more on 1stDibs.
- Lapponia by Björn Weckström Finland S/S " Bridge To The Moon " Bracelet 1974By Björn Weckström for LapponiaLocated in Miami Beach, FLLapponia by Björn Weckström sterling silver " Bridge To The Moon ' bracelet is part of the Space Silver collection that was inspired by Neil Armstrong becoming the first man to w...Category
Vintage 1970s Finnish Link Bracelets
MaterialsSterling Silver
- IWC Mark XVIIBy IWCLocated in Vaughan, CAIWC Schaffhausen has been one of the leaders in luxury watchmaking since 1868. From one of their Mark Collections comes the pre owned IWC Mark XVIII. R...Category
Late 20th Century Wrist Watches
MaterialsSteel
- IWC Military Watch Dirty DozenBy IWCLocated in London, GBIf you're searching for this watch then you will know what it is, if not then briefly it's one of the twelve watches made by Swiss watch manufacturers for the British Military of Def...Category
Vintage 1940s British Wrist Watches
MaterialsSteel
- IWC Titanium Pilots Watch Mark XVIII HeritageBy IWCLocated in Scottsdale, AZBrand: IWC Movement: automatic Function: hours, minutes, seconds, date Case: 40mm round case, sapphire crystal, push/pull crown Band: black rubber strap, buckle Dial: black arabic Re...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches
MaterialsTitanium
- IWC Mark XX IW328201 Men's Watch in Stainless SteelBy IWCLocated in New York, NYPRIMARY DETAILS Brand: IWC Model: Mark XX Country of Origin: Switzerland Movement Type: Mechanical: Automatic/Kinetic Year Manufactured: 2022 Year of Manufacture: 2020-2029 CASE DET...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches
MaterialsSteel, Stainless Steel
- IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XVII Top Gun Automatic Men's Watch IW324712By IWCLocated in Washington Depot, CTIWC Pilot's Watch Mark XVII Top Gun Watch Model: IW324712 Serial: 6256624 This IWC watch has a ceramic case that is 41mm in diameter. Green canvas I...Category
2010s Wrist Watches
- IWC Portuguese StopwatchLocated in Saint Ouen, FRIWC Portuguese stopwatch steel/black crocodile strap black dial/2 counters silver automatic circa 2010 box 4700 eurosCategory
2010s Swiss Wrist Watches