I thought the tricky part was putting it back together! LOL!

No fancy
nickname but my favorite with a dash of orange. The original Cousteau Divers

Sadly, no
longer mine. Purchased in 2003 and sold to another member of this forum. I
love the date at 4:30

Just the thought of getting together with everyone is so exciting! I just
realized it's been 10 years since I attended the last collectors meeting.
Boy, does time fly! I'd love an invitation. It's been 2 years since Ieft my
home state of California.

All my best,
Larry

Happy Anniversary to a very special Forum. Special thanks to Michael
Friedberg for starting it and Tonny for continuing to keep it excellent! And
thanks to all the IWC people who have made it a very special place to enjoy
the community and the watches. I have a few pictures to share from over the
years.

I think it was the first IWC collectors' meeting that we also got to mangle
some movements of course, I can't remember which movement. Was it a 9280?

The first
time was for the first Collectors' Meeting. One of the great memories of my
life.

You got me thinking. I found this NATO Mk10 dial that's been sitting in my
desk for years. I wanted to see how close it was to Tony's original Mk10.

Thanks Tony for pointing that out. Appreciate it!

HI Mark,

I tried 3x to post the dial pic. Maybe there's a limit on the number of
photos. Let me try again. Nope, I can't get it to show up. It tells me that
phot was successfully upload,
though

Thank you for your scholarly efforts of finding MM Henry's database. I
didn't even know the web archive existed!

And the dial

There used to be a wonderful database for Mark 10s to check the history and
authenticity but it seems to have disappeared. Can anyone comment on thei one
M13173?.Thanks, Larry

Sometimes a strap doesnt quite fit right and you want to add a hole, so I
added the Cordura strap from Barton and I like how the different textures work
together.

I like the way IWC is handling the distribution. Instead of a mad rush and
all pieces being sold out in 5 minutes, I understand they are releasing them
in batches. More opportunity for "real collectors" to get them instead of
flippers. Thank you IWC!

Me too! I've heard too many horror stories about customers paying for
domestic expedited delivery and not getting their watch for 7-14 days. I'm
pretty sure Hodinkee uses a third party for deliveries and it sounds like the
systems are not integrated.

I'm looking forward to the watch. There's a premium above the "regular" 3879,
but I'm pretty sure this LE will sell out quickly.

Well, that's a
damn fine "stealthy" BIg Pilot! Is it a one-off or can we place our order
now?

I was lucky enough to get my lucky number Carlson back in November 2007. I
believe the original price of the 50 was $11,400 USD (or at least that is what
I paid for it from Carlson). I do not own the watch anymore, but I remember
how all my watch loving friends loved that watch! At the height of the big
watch days, it is a beast at 46mm! And damn good looking too with that matte
blue dial.