When you dive in the history of IWC, there are a lot of collectable watches.
Most people know the ref 325 original Portugieser, the old Mark's Pilot
watches, the Portofino Speigelei, but there are also forgotten gems to be
found.
Such a forgotten one from more recent history ( 90's ) is the ref 3520, the
Porsche Design in titanium, for the moment easy to find at great prices.
And when we go a bit further in time, we discover some nice square watches
from the seventies. During last months, I was on the hunt for a ref 1871,
square 34mm/34mm, not to big , but being square, still some serious wrist
presence. Perfect to wear , even in todays big watch fashion.
The ref 1871 can with different dials, most common is the sunray type dial
with a square inner dial, then some are found with a blue dial. At a point, I
found another type of dial, silver but without the stripes and "automatic" on
the dial as it was written. So special so I bought this one. It came with a
steel bracelet.
I liked the 1871 on the wrist so much that I kept looking to buy the right
1871 with the other silver dial. And this one arrived today. It came with a
leather strap.
Both have the famous cal 8541, designed by A. Pellaton ticking inside, another
bonus.
A collector friend pointed out to me that both had the black date disc. I have
seen some blue dials, all have the black date disc, on the silver ones, it is
mixed, some have the white date disc, others the black. I kind of like the
black date disc.
Here is a picture of the blue dial, picture borrowed from the internet, not my
watch.
And here is a page of the catalogue
And since I like square IWC watches, here some more from my collection
To compare, the ref 1871 and the Quartz Electronic
Thanks for reading. Any other collector loving a square IWC ?
