Yes, you are right.

From the movement number it is a Caliber 52, 19 lig. H 7 from the year 1900.

Congratulations on this great finding.

Philipp

Hi Ben

No, I don't know anything about the meaning of this shield, but I've found a watch which comes with box and warranty with the same sign:

It says, the watch is from ca. 1948. So I guess, my plaque was also used in that time.

Philipp

I've found this old plaque which must have been made for display at authorized Dealers:

It can stand and behind it's written "Huguenin Locle" (the Producer) and "Made in Switzerland".

Can anyone help me dating this Plaque?

Philipp

Happy birthday, dear Mr. Klaus. I feel very honored and privileged that I've had the joy of meeting you. You are a living legend and a very important person in the history of IWC and also very nice, humble and friendly. I'm wishing you all the best, many happy moments and most important a good health.

Here two pictures which are very special to me: Watchmaking class with the GOAT:

And a wristshot with the legend from Schaffhausen:

Philipp

I've just spent a few wonderful days in Iceland. The scenery was just amazing. As this is our IWC collectors forum, of course, the beautiful Big Pilot's Watch Monopusher Edition "Le petit Prince" (IW515202), which accompanied me, shall be in the spotlight!

This is Jokulsarlon with the amazing Glacier Lagoon, where icebergs from the glacier float:

And after arriving at the sea, many of them are washed up at Diamond Beach:

Next is at Skogafoss Waterfall with a rainbow:

And of course a photo with Aurora must be included:

I hope you enjoy this shots of a beautiful watch in a variety of beautiful places.

Philipp

Here some more photos of that wonderful meeting:

We had a guided tour through the beautiful small town of Stein am Rhein:

This time's special present from IWC was a photo frame with two original wheels from the movement of the Portugieser Eternal Calendar. How amazing is this?

It's a wheel from the world's most accurate moonphase display in a mechanical watch (deviation of one day in 45 million years) and the 400 years wheel, responsible to make, that the leap years in 2100, 2200, 2300 etc. are correctly left out or not.

Thanks a lot to IWC and to Tonny for this unvorgetable time.

Philipp

An horological highlight was looking at Jens Olson's World Clock at Copenhagen's city hall (completed in 1955):

Fascinating: The slowest gear of this clock compleates a revolution every 25'753 years!

And also a pocket watch made it's way to Copenhagen:

A Schutzenuhr from the federal festival in Lucerne in 1979.

One of the absolute highlights: a boat tour around Copenhagen's harbor area with perfect weather conditions!

Philipp

At the end of June 2024, a few collectors enjoyed a wonderful weekend together in Copenhagen. One good reason for this meeting was the newly opened IWC-Boutique in Copenhagen. But of course, there are many reasons for visiting this charming northern city.

Here some impressions:

The new Boutique with the Lego-watch, a TopGun Chronograph Lake Tahoe made with lego bricks.

The hospitality of the Boutique's teem was great. Thanks a lot.

Some watches from the Boutique and Collectors.

Here some impressions of the city:

The food was delicious as well. Here some fancy Smorrebrod.

This first "CPHGTG" was amazing. Thanks a lot to everybody who contributed to this wonderful experience, especially to Henrik for the organization.

Everybody who joined, please add photos!

Philipp

I will be boarding a plane to Copenhagen at this time, so I can't join. But I warmly recommend everyone who can to join.

My first IWC-Collectors-Meeting was such a virtual one and it was great seeing some of the people I was only familiar through their posts and feeling the positive and humorous atmosphere within this amazing group of people!

Philipp

Hi

Your thoughts are absolutely correct: When wearing the automatic watch only for 20 minutes a day, these 20 minutes of charging power will most probably not be enough to compensate the loss of power during the 23 hours and 40 minutes during which your watch is running without being moved.

The length of wear that is necessary to compensate one day of run is depending on the efficiency of the charging mechanism of the movement and the level of activity of your wrist and therefore difficult to determine. If you went jogging with your watch and the it had a very efficient Pellaton-charging mechanism, the above mentioned 20 minutes would even be sufficient. On the other hand if you sat a lot without special activity of your wrist, you could lose power reserve throughout a whole workday.

You see, there's probably no general answer to your question. Enjoy your great watch and find out for yourself!

Philipp