Good day to all,
Like so many others I recently had the pleasure to have my first IWC experience.
For a while I had been thinking to get me a first ‘nice’ watch, but somehow I never could make up my mind about which one it should be. Until mid June, when I left on home leave to Belgium, I saw the latest IWC Aquatimer in Brussels airport. Despite that It immediately appealed to me I didn’t purchase it.
Since that moment I could not get it out of my head and after one week I really had regrets for not having bought it. The following days I was in Paris and decided to go and look for it.. but when I found it the price was 25% more than the price I got in the airport… so I got cold feet and went back empty handed.
After Paris I had 2 more weeks in Belgium.. but after being there for 2 days I decided to go to the IWC AD there to take another look at the watch. By the time I reached the shop I had made up my mind… If they have the Aquatimer in stock I will not go away without it. I was so fixed on it that I hardly looked at any other watch.
So to make a long story short.. I got me the Aquatimer and have been proudly wearing it since the day I go it and I am super happy with it.
Strangely enough since I’m wearing it I also started looking with much more interest at watches and I’ve been reading much more about watches. This lead me to start thinking of getting a second watch. I’m in particular interest in the IWC Portuguese Chronograph (refernce 3714) or alternatively I am thinking about the new released Jaeger Lecoultre Geophysic 1958.
I know.. these are 2 completely different style of watches… but I think both of the are very nice.
And yes I still love my Aquatimer.. this definitely still is my first choice.
Now I read that the calibre of the JLC Geophysic is of a much higher quality than the Portugieser. Does anyone of this forum has some insight on this?
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Kind regards,
Dirk
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