HOW DID YOUR FASCINATION FOR MECHANICAL WATCHES START?

By picking up a watch magazine a reading it.

I considered attending Horology school instead of attending University.....

I then met a man who wore a beautiful watch....in 1976.... and I decided I should eventually own a similar watch. And now I do...... actually.... several.

Hi I'm proud to be a owner Portuguese C.51011 black in colour just 2 weeks ago.Very happy for it and also because its a gift from my wife.However as this is my 1st IWC watch,Im not sure if the the date changes at 11:56 PM is within the normal and acceptable frame as I ve read that we should change the date during 10:00 morning and 9:00 in the evening.Just wana make sure to check with you guys who are more experience than me on the watch.Happy CNY. Cheers Andy

I have always had a facination with mechanical timepieces. I own several wristwatches & pocket watches. I think I have an addiction, it will be cured when I can afford a Grande Complication!

My father has had an IWC watch for over 30 years that I always loved. Not only the way it looks, but also the way it feels in my hand and when I was lucky enough to put it on my wrist. Over the year's I've found myself becoming more and more fascinated with the company and vitually all of their watches. I just received my first IWC watch from my wife and I couldn't be happier.

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Model: heren
Uitvoering: Titanium
Uurwerk Quartz

Waar is di te koop ?

Bij voorbaat dank.

Vriendelijke groeten,

Ton Vermeeren

Hello everyone!
That's my first speech in this forum, in fact I just Join.
My passion for watches was began in 1976 when I was six and when I open the back of my first watch: "I feel like Alice in wonderland!!!"
Then growing up I arrived today, and besides being a banker, I am also busy of the private sale of watches.
I am the happy owner of a Big Pilot first reference with whom I lived so many adventures ...
I'm from Italy so sorry for my english...

hello everybody,

My watchfascination came since i was a little kid. I got myself a few watches nowadays but i would like to have some more seeing al those beautiful pics!

When I was very young (I'm 64) I found a timer movement and I was wonder.
Ever like the mechanical watches, becouse it has many pieces, and are realy kraftmanship.
In my life I had have a lot of watches (perhaps 300) of diferents brands.
Too I hat read many serious books of watchmaking and today I recived many magazine of this thema.
My passion are the Expeditions (mountains, caves, jungles, uns.) and that the cause what I prefer wathes very special (extreme weather, waterresistant, luminous, uns, uns. . .)(like the I.W.C. Acuatimer model or ingeneur)
The Portuguese Yacht Club is beautiful, very beautiful.
FRITZ

I started love mechanical watch since i was 13, when my father gave me my first self winding watch.Now i'm 41, and i love my IWC der Doppelchronograph automatic,in past i had the pilot watch, cronograph, and a Mark XV.

First post!

My fascination started when I was 9 and my father told me that real timepieces didn't had a battery, and I was like "what???"...
Ever since then I am practically stuck in this world of craftsmanship elegant designs.

Regards

My fascination for watches started quite recently (about four years ago). My friend bought a watch for EUR 200.- and I thought it was extremely expensive (of course, I had no knowledge about watches at all), so I started looking on internet about watches and stumbled upon some EUR 100.000,- watches. I was flabbergasted and started to look up more and more info and now I work as eCommerce manager for an IWC AD ;)

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For me, it started as a child. I wanted to see and explore the inside and workings of technical things ranging from car engines to kitchen appliances and clockworks. I was not familiar with wristwatches so early in life, but this urge to explore the inside and workings of things have remained with me.

As a young child I was very fascinated with mechanical wall clocks. The weights barely moving, the bell striking, and the little bird coming out of my grandmothers clock at some hour. I remember sitting there waiting in anticipation for the hour to strike. ;)

Since I was about 15 years old, I have regarded fine timepieces the ultimate
mechanical pursuit. The art of fine horology is not driven by practical needs, it is rather a quest to explore and create something great!

Now, at age 27, I spend most of my hours awake pursuing my goals in business. Fine mechanical watches is a great source of inspiration and fascination that I can take with me throughout the day!

My interest for watches began when I was 14 years old. I believe it was the good marketing of Longines and their sponsorship of Andre Agassi (as I am an avid tennis player) that had me hooked from the first television commercial. I started viewing watches online, from Longines to Breitling, and ordering catalogues left and right to feed my hunger for watches . I was intrigued by the dial designs and the watches overall. However, I do not believe I truly understood why I was interested. Quartz or mechanical? Like I knew the difference when I was 14.

My fascination for mechanical watches began after a year or so after my initial introduction to watches. The moving parts in the movement and the beauty of the sweeping hands all fascinated me very much. I began on a quest to purchase my first watch, and it had to be mechanical. I skipped the likes of Longines or Breitling and I started to set my standards higher, I started to look for true quality. I joined a few forums to learn more about watches and, in turn, I came across brands such as Breguet, Blancpain, Ulysse Nardin, and, of course, IWC. I studied the history of these brands and it truly began to capture me into this dream world that horology created.

I am now 16 years old and my passion for horology is like none other. At every waking moment - be it when I'm surfing the internet or "studying" at home - I think about horology and I think of ways to achieve and purchase my first horological device. A watch purchase in the 1k range is a big step for any youngster. However, that is not for me. I strive for quality in watches and, unfortunately, that means paying a premium (with the added addition of "something special" I suppose). I took up watchmaking as a hobby a few months ago not only to learn more about the inner workings of a mechanical watch, but also as the greatest opportunity that I have found to finally have a glimpse at the ultimate goal. Buying broken American pocket watches and reselling them after I fix them is a slow process to work up to a nice watch that I am content with, but it is a hobby that I enjoy and my motivation for that first watch, whether an IWC or other brand, has not dwindled, and will not dwindle.

As I have said, I am only 16 years old, but this is my hobby, this is my passion: haute horlogerie

I was born in Zürich so I've seen watches and cameras all of my life, but my fascination began when I was contracted to shoot watch catalogs in the 1980's.
documenting the extraordinary sculptural beauty and elegance of a watch is not unlike a beauty photograph of a person.