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» Roger Rügger - Point of No Return
Well, which is the best watch for diving??” He cannot answer this question as much as he would like to, but “the IWC GST Aquatimer comes close to an ideal, from a personal and consequently subjective view[…]
» A history of IWC's Diving Watches
IWC was not among the first companies to produce diving wristwatches, but it clearly has been among the best[…] … Yet the story is not concluded, because IWC's new Aquatimers both perpetuate and develop a special tradition[…] … Early Development of Diving Watches Much of the genesis of undersea wristwatches began before IWC made its contributions[…] … IWC’s First Diving Wristwatches IWC introduced its first true diving wristwatch, the Aquatimer, in the mid-1960s[…] … It was powered by IWC’s great automatic movement, Calibre 8541[…] … IWC’s new Aquatimer was first publicly shown at the Basel Fair of 1967, although it is possible that some models may have been unveiled and sold before the Fair[…] … Apparently, IWC management apparently decided that more dash was needed, and a newer design was introduced[…] … In March of 1968, less than two years since the official introduction of the first Aquatimer, construction drawings were started for the successor model, Reference 816AD (Reference 1816 from 1974 onwards)[…] … Like its predecessor, this Aquatimer’s movement utilized IWC Calibre 8541, although a 23 jewel version was used rather than the 25 jewel ones in the Reference 812AD/1812[…] … IWC almost closed its doors and the company was sold by its long-time owners, the Homberger family, to VDO, a German instruments manufacturer[…] … In 1980, the late Günter Blümlein became CEO of IWC and expanded the company’s involvement with Porsche Design[…] … IWC’s engineering expertise in designing and producing such a housing was unequalled within the Swiss watch industry[…] … Consequently, IWC developed new fabrication techniques[…] … The Ocean 500 was frequently marketed, at least in IWC-Porsche Design catalogs, as a ladies’ sports watch[…] … These included a quartz version using IWC Calibre 2250 (References 3314 and 3315), a “standard” military version using ETA-2892 based IWC Calibres 375 and later 37521 (References 3509 and 3529) and a special amagnetic mine-sweeper variation which used a special movement with a beryllium balance (Reference 3519)[…] … The 1990s: Rebirth of the Aquatimer IWC’s collaboration with Porsche Design lasted twenty years and ended in the late 1990s[…] … Consequently, in the Fall of 1997, IWC introduced a new model line, called “GST”, which was an acronym for “gold, steel and titanium”[…] … Within the GST model line-up was a new diving watch, the GST Aquatimer[…] … The GST Aquatimer, Reference 3536, was a classic diving watch[…] … Like the Ocean 2000, the GST Aquatimer movement was based on an ETA 2892 base[…] … This time, the movement was IWC calibre 37524 and significantly enhanced by IWC[…] … One magazine, WatchTime, reports that IWC’s changes to the base movement were such that “you could almost describe it as a total revision[…] … Nearly all critical components long the path form the escapement to the mainspring are removed from the movement and replaced with corresponding components from IWC’s own manufacture[…] … ” In 2003, the GST Aquatimer’s movement was redesignated as IWC calibre 30110, due to significant changes in finishing, including changing from gold plating to nickel plating as traditionally used in many of IWC’s classic movements[…] … A very special diving watch within the GST line also was introduced in 1999[…] … Powered by the 36-jewel IWC Calibre 8914, which used a Jaeger LeCoultre base movement, the watch included a unique complication[…] … This of course was not very deep when compared to the water resistance of the Ocean 2000 and the GST Aquatimer watches[…] … Some commentators have quipped that the Deep One should have been called the Aquatimer, and actually the GST Aquatimer was the “true Deep One”[…] … Its internal bezel recalled the original Aquatimer designs[…] … The watch looked sporty yet engineered –quintessentially IWC[…] … The 2000s: A Bridge to the Future The design of the Deep One did not stay dormant for long, since it must have influenced the designers of IWC’s new Aquatimer line[…] … At the same time, the design borrows from the case construction techniques of the Ocean 2000 and the GST Aquatimer[…] … And, of course, the rotating internal bezel harkens back to the original Reference 1812 Aquatimer[…] … The new Aquatimer models are the culmination of almost 40 years of developing diving wristwatches in Schaffhausen[…] … This is no mean accomplishment because IWC’s engineering standards have always set a higher bar for themselves[…] … The base model, the Aquatimer Automatic 2000 (reference IWC3538), is new because it achieves 2000 meters of water resistance despite two crowns and an internal bezel[…] … The Aquatimer Chrono-Automatic (reference IWC3719) is a diving chronograph[…] … Not content to leave matters there, IWC then has produced a world’s first movement: a minute rattrapante chronograph (reference IW3723)[…]
» The power line from IWC
How does that headline go again? Men are more faithful than you’d think – we’ve never known one leave his IWC[…] … The bad news for all the women who have a problem with the statement is that IWC has just brought out two more models on which men of taste and means can lavish their sincerest and most lasting affections[…] … The good news for men is that the power watch line from Schaffhausen – best known by the abbreviation GST – is all set to consolidate its position[…] … After the two GST chronographs, the Automatic Alarm, the Aquatimer (water and pressure-resistant to 2000 m) and the unmatched Deep One with its mechanical depth meter, it was clearly time for a split-seconds chronograph that would allow the user to record a second or intermediate time[…] … A feature that has been improved and refined by IWC to the point of being patent-worthy, the splitseconds mechanism not only makes the chronograph a lot more fun but will be a source of pleasure to connoisseurs and fans of exclusive, sporty looking instruments designed for precision timekeeping[…] … Other men, who have neither the need nor the desire to record the exact time of the runner-up in the third race but simply enjoy thinking in more expansive terms, may well be drawn by the GST Perpetual Calendar, the chronograph that comes with a mechanical calendar programmed until the year 2499[…] … The two new models, initially available in a titanium and two steel versions with a choice of dials, come with all the features you would expect of a modern IWC sports watch[…] … The GST line bears the unmistakable signature of the Ingenieur line, and the meticulous attention to detail is immediately apparent, whether you are looking at the watch for the second or one-hundredth time[…] … Developed in line with the maxim that functionality is all, the line is a clear successor to the watches created for IWC by F[…]