Apologies in advance if this has been discussed on the forum previously - I did a quick search and couldn't find anything similar.
As a newbie to this forum and, really, to the fascinating world of watches in general, I was wondering what websites, blogs and other forums I should be reading to increase my knowledge.
So far my (very small) list consists of Hodinkee and this forum. What would you guys recommend as must-reads? :)
watchuseek seems to be pretty popular
Here are a few solid ones - with strong ties to this forum - should keep you busy for a while....
Here's some...
People
Kurt Klaus, Legend: www.iwcforum.com/Articles/2007/KlausInterview.html
The Einstein from Schaffhausen
web.archive.org/web/20010522035625/www.timezone.com/~mfriedberg/articles/einstein_from_schaffhausen.html
Tours of IWC
www.timezone.com/library/comarticles/comarticles631696329341969788
www.timezone.com/library/archives/archives0063
www.timezone.com/library/extras/200608116960
www.timezone.com/library/extras/200608115578
www.network54.com/Forum/595216/message/1199293344/St%E4ng+av+telefonen+och+ta+fram+kaffetermosen+f%F6r+nu+blir+det+IWC+reportage%21+2006
www.iwcforum.com/Articles/IWC_Virtual_Tour_April_2007.pdf
sibon.triple-it.nl/images/stories/IWC_Masterclass/Masterclass_20080911.html
Who is Richard Habring?
www.timezone.com/library/tzints/tzints631685739687608484
Georges Kern - As Swiss as they come… : www.swissworld.org/en/switzerland/resources/why_switzerland/georges_kern/
A special tribute to Günter Blümlein
www.chronometrie.com/gb/gb.htm
Günter Blümlein Interview by Peter Chong:people.timezone.com/library/tzints/tzints0007
Hannes Pantli Interview By Michael Friedberg:people.timezone.com/library/tzints/tzints0021
Collectors Meetings
The First IWC Collectors Meeting in Schaffhausen:www.chronometrie.com/icm/icm.html
[b]History & General
IWC - 1868 or 1869?
[/b]www.gregsteer.net/IWC/IWC_1868_or_1869/IWC_1868_or_1869.htm
IWC and the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879 (initial showing by the International Watch Company)
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/Sydney1879/Sydney1879.html
IWC Workbook Search (for detailed information on your watch, updated up till 2007
www.weeber.biz/IWC/Workbook/search.html
Date your IWC by case and movement numbers
www.moeb.ch/dyIWC/
Reference Catalogwww.gregsteer.net/IWC/Catalogue/Catalogue_and_Reference.htm
Articles of general interest:
www.iwcforum.com/
Search the forum www.iwc.com/forum/en/ archives also for
“Tuesday's Tour of the Archives “ by forum member Cellar
“Nostalgy … for IWC Pocket Watches” by forum members H.Bertram, H.Goerter, A v d Meijden,
[b]IWC watches by movements & features
Marks on IWC movements
[/b]rkeulen.home.xs4all.nl/watch/marks.html
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/Cresarrow/Henry%20Blank%20and%20Cresarrow.htmlb[/b]
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/Case/Solving_the_case.html
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/Stauffer/Stauffer.html
IWC’s Use of the ETA-Valjoux Chronograph Movements by Christian H. Niemann, revised by M. Friedberg
www.iwcforum.com/Movements/IWC_Calibre_7xxx.pdf
When a 7750 ain't a 7750 any longer --Reworking the workhorse Valjoux 7750
www.timezone.com/library/comarticles/comarticles631681571896618891
Calibre 64 and 64T Models
www.iwcforum.com/Articles/Cal64/text.html
The Calibre 8541 Watches from IWC
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/Cal_85/Calibre8541Watches.htm
home.att.ne.jp/gold/GT1300Junior/probus/8541-S.pdf
IWC’s Great Automatic Movements The Calibre 85 Family:www.iwcforum.com/Articles/Calibre85Family/Text.html
Calibre 87
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/Peertone/Peertone.html
Calibre 89
www.timezone.com/library/comarticles/comarticles631964764786093750
The Pellaton Winding System
www.iwcforum.com/Articles/BonthondArticle.pdf
www.timezone.com/library/itsabouttime/itsabout0002
Non Magnetic IWC Watches and Patents
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/Non_Magnetic/Non-Magnetic_IWC_Watches.html
How Hard and Durable Are IWC Ceramic Watch Cases?
superiorwatch.com/scans/how.hard.doc
The Titanium Sisters:www.timezone.com/library/comarticles/comarticles631709271493552786
Tech Talk with Kurt Klaus Inside the Portuguese Perpetual's Calibre 50611:www.iwcforum.com/Articles/2003/KlausText.html
Our Love Affair with Chronographs:www.iwcforum.com/Articles/2007/Chronographs.html
Hail, Zirconia! Making a case for a case:www.iwcforum.com/Articles/2006/ZirconiaText.html
By the Light of the Moon:www.iwcforum.com/Articles/2008/ForIWCForum/By%20the%20light%20of%20the%20moon.htm
[b]
Specific IWC collections past and present:
Pocket Watches
[/b]iwcpocketwatch.com/
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/Nicolet/Nicolet.html
Porträt einer Taschenuhr:www.gregsteer.net/IWC/Taschenuhr/Taschenuhr.html
A Personal Pocket Watch Collection An introduction to IWC's pocket watches :www.iwcforum.com/Articles/MFPocketWatches/text2.html
[b]Vintage Catalogs of IWC pocket watches and wrist watches from 1891 – 1982 /b
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/Collection/Collection_1980.html
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/Fournitures_7/Fournitures_7.htm
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/Dials_Hands/Dials_Hands.htm Fournitures, ca 1953
IWC Watches with Cloisonné Dials
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/CloisonneDials/Cloisonne_Dials.htm
Traveling Time Instruments From Luis Vuitton:
www.timezone.com/library/comarticles/comarticles631696258071629689
Porsche Design Ocean series:
www.iwc.com/forum/en/discussion/57272/
(www.knirim.de/xiwcocean.pdf
www.knirim.de/iwcocean.htm
Pilot ‘Mark X’ and ‘Mark XI’:
www.time514.com/MarkX.htm
www.gregsteer.net/RAAF/RAAF_Watches.htm
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/Mark_11/mark11a-en.pdf
www.fortunecity.com/olympia/wagner/379/Mark.XI.htm
www.gregsteer.net/RAAF/RAAF_Mark_11/RAAF_Mark_11.html
Pilot ‘Mark XII’:
www.qahill.com/tz/mark12-ltd/mark12-ltd.html
Pilot:
Die Fliegeruhr (www.fliegeruhr.ch/english_home.htm)
www.qahill.com/tz/b-uhr/b-uhr.html
www.knirim.de/iwc.htm
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/UTC/UTC_Pilot.html
The Legacy of Two Adventurers: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Jacques Cousteau: www.iwcforum.com/Articles/2006/LegacyText.html
Portuguese:
Jubilee Portugese ref 5441 (1993):
web.archive.org/web/20010207182143/www.timezone.com/wwwboard/BB/messages/53.html
tnr.homestead.com/AnniversaryPort.html
www.timezone.com/library/comarticles/comarticles0028
Portuguese Limited Editions:
www.gregsteer.net/IWC/Portuguese_LE/Portuguese_LE.htm).
The IWC Portuguese - Calibre 5000:
www.timezone.com/library/itsabouttime/itsabout0004
web.archive.org/web/20010608144734/www.timezone.com/~mfriedberg/Calibre5000.html
Perpetually Portuguese Thesis, Antithesis and Synthesis:www.iwcforum.com/Articles/2003/PortuguesePCtext.html
IWC reference 5001:
www.thepurists.net/Patrons/Members/JackForster/iwc/iwc_revE.htm
What Makes A Watch Drop-Dead Beautiful? Personal musings on IWC's Portuguese Automatic:www.iwcforum.com/Articles/2004/Drop-DeadBeautiful.html
Keeping Up with the Jones:www.iwcforum.com/Articles/2005/Jones/text.html
Ingenieur:
IWC's Ingenieur An Incomplete History:
web.archive.org/web/20010619163055/http://www.timezone.com/WebPages/Features/PastTime/IWCsIngenieur/
The Ingenieur: Old, New and Timeless:www.iwcforum.com/Articles/2005/Ingenieur/text.html
Models of the Ingenieur Line:www.moeb.ch/Ingenieur/Ingenieur_e.html
(www.moeb.ch/Ingenieur/Index.html )
(www.frizzellweb.com/larry/ingenieur/)
Da Vinci:
/b
web.archive.org/web/19970130140430/timezone.com/feature/iwc/timemachine.html
[b]Renaissance of the Da Vinci:www.iwcforum.com/Articles/2007/DaVinciRenaissance.html
Aqautimers
The Cousteau Divers tnr.homestead.com/Cousteau.html
Tracing the Pedigree of IWC’s Aquatimer:
web.archive.org/web/20020131175512/www.timezone.com/WebPages/Features/TZEssays/MichaelFriedberg/IWCAquatimer/
Ascending To New Depths: A history of IWC's Diving Watches:www.iwcforum.com/Articles/2004/HistoryText.html
The Legacy of Two Adventurers: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Jacques Cousteau:www.iwcforum.com/Articles/2006/LegacyText.html
Portofino:
The Elusive IWC 5251
www.timezone.com/library/comarticles/comarticles0035
web.archive.org/web/20010207182143/www.timezone.com/wwwboard/BB/messages/53.html
Vintage Collection:
A Time-Honored Tradition:www.iwcforum.com/Articles/2008/ForIWCForum/A%20Time-Honored%20Tradition.htm
This one is one of my favorites and must-read, and also a friend, watch-wonder, and all-round nice guy :)
Being a grinch, we really can't plug commercial websites here or expand a lot beyond the topic
To that end, thanks Shing for the many great IWC-related links. They are very helpful. I'd ask that any other links by others be IWC-related, and thank everyone for their understanding.
I very much enjoy spending cyber-space time at watchuseek forums. The Omega forum has some wonderful members but the IWC side seems a bit slow. Rolexforums can also be interesting. Timezone is popular but I am not a fan of the format it uses.
@ Shing....
I think you missed one.
Wow, thanks for the links guys!
Shing - that list is going to keep me busy for while, just what I needed.
Michael Friedberg - sorry for breaking the rules! I can only plead ignorance as I'm still new here. Point taken, and won't repeat. :)
Tarik --No problem! I'm glad you're here.
Alan, you gave me a good belly laugh.
Shing, you need to get out more and leave technology alone! Try a visit to the north pole on foot, pretty sure no Internet coverage there and satellite phones are way too costly to surf with I would imagine!