For this to be the perfectest summer...

all I need is the CF da Vinci to arrive. The Book arrived today. Impressive is the the word that comes to mind.
It took 15 days to travel from Switzerland to Portugal. I can only wonder where it was all that time. :-)

All I need is

something you know well, dear Antonio :)

My book is on its way since more than a week so far, and counting.

It has left Switzerland since last friday, I'm starting to get worried.

Your words are comforting me, for the time your book took to reach you safely and for the good impression you had about it, we both were a little skeptycal about its contents if I well remember.

Wish you a great summer,

roberto

The IWC, impressive as it is...

was not made for, or with geek collectors in mind. I would have preferred it contained more, and more detailed info about vintage models but I understand that we are a minority and not a significant market target.
It is still an impressive book, and a must have for any IWC collector.
(Forget the Coelho/Bilal stuff.)

Hmm, I wait and see

I have about ten IWC catalogues, from the last few years. They tell me quite a bit about the watches I am interested in. There is not too much beating around the bush here, if you know what I mean: I am not fond of Mr. Coelho and those cartoon-like drawings. If modern art is the issue, give me Paul Klee or Wassily Kandinsky. Maybe one day there is an opportunity to look into the book, and who knows. But frankly, I do not expect me to read such a big book. When I buy a new watch, and my wife happens to see a nice ring, I buy her the ring and think: well, that is about an IWC book.

Kind regards,
Paul, wearing rose gold VC Portuguese

Waiting is a killer!!! Congrats on the book nt

nt

Happy to hear the book is shipping...

...and hopefully it'll reach this side of the world soon. It sounds like it'll make very good reading for newer collectors such as myself.

As for your CFDV, I hope it lands on your wrist very soon. It will be very rewarding when it does, and imo the wait is worth it!

Cheers,
Evan

The book is impressive...

even if, like some of you, I would have like more about vintage watches. I also notice a small error on page 283 (french version) : it is said that the Portuguese Jubilee is automatic!!!

Jean

Hope it arrives soon Clepsydra...

P.S. Hope you don't mind...No such word as "perfectest". Should be "most perfect summer"
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Thank for the support...

I beg to differ - perfectest is a perfectly legitimate word in English.

I found a place for the book :-))

Very appropriate! nt

nt

I forgot to say that...

I had that particular shelf structurally tested to confirm it could take the combined weight of the book and the CFI. I am happy to say that, although there has been a slight give, the shelf is holding well. :-))

Technically true, but it is not seen in

common usage today , at least not in the US. Shakespeare, however would have approved. " Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much."

I am in good company then. :-))

English is fascinating and incredibly rich language with roots in the language of the Anglii and with the French words added by the Normans. Why strangle it?
Now, how do I make this post IWC relevant? :-)

BTW appropriately from Much Ado About Nothing. lol

How fitting. (nt)

In American schools such words would...

cause one's work to be cover with red markings and not so sweet notes from the teacher!

It's often hard knowing where British English takes another route.
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