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Pre-Owned
IWC Watches

Since its inception in 1868, IWC has been cementing its motto of 'Probus Scafusia', meaning 'good, solid craftsmanship from Schaffhausen'. Modern IWC watches undergo rigorous development and extensive testing, using advanced electric discharge machines, to ensure these standards are still adhered to over a century later.
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  1. Aquatimer Aquatimer
  2. Ingenieur Ingenieur
  3. Pilots Watches Pilots Watches
  4. Portofino Portofino
  5. Portugieser Portugieser
  6. Vintage Collection Vintage Collection
Case Size
The size of a watch is very important for style and comfort. If you prefer an oversized watch like a Panerai Luminor, you’ll probably want Large. If you’re looking for something more discreet like a Rolex Lady Datejust, you’ll want Small. For everything in between, Medium.
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  9. Steel & Rose Gold Plated Steel & Rose Gold Plated
  10. Steel & White Gold Steel & White Gold
  11. Steel & Yellow Gold Steel & Yellow Gold
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A mechanical watch is powered by a spring. Manual mechanical watches must be hand wound. Automatic watches are also mechanical, and are wound by a weight that spins with the wearer's movements. A quartz watch is battery powered and extremely accurate.
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IWC Pilot's Mark XVIII IW327011 270055

IWC
Pilot's Mark XVIII
IW327011

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£3,715
IWC Pilot's Le Petit Prince IW377706 262202

IWC
Pilot's Le Petit Prince
IW377706

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£3,330
IWC Vintage Pilot's IW325401 270651
Limited Edition

IWC
Vintage Pilot's
IW325401

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£3,550
IWC Big Pilot's IW502702 255413

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW502702

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£11,470
IWC Big Pilot's IW500401 259410

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW500401

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£5,845
IWC Big Pilot's IW329301 267100

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW329301

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£5,665
IWC Big Pilot's IW501005 263084
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW501005

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£7,165
IWC Big Pilot's IW329303 269756

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW329303

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£5,455
IWC Pilot's Le Petit Prince IW377714 264597

IWC
Pilot's Le Petit Prince
IW377714

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£4,520
IWC Portugieser Yacht Club IW390503 275960

IWC
Portugieser Yacht Club
IW390503

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£5,755
IWC Aquatimer IW354807 269133

IWC
Aquatimer
IW354807

Box
Papers
Year 2006
£2,305
IWC Aquatimer IW376903 265677

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376903

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£7,580
IWC Pilot's Le Petit Prince IW377714 274796

IWC
Pilot's Le Petit Prince
IW377714

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£4,415
IWC Pilot's Mark XVII IW326501 274442

IWC
Pilot's Mark XVII
IW326501

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£2,715
IWC Portofino Chronograph IW391008 277019

IWC
Portofino Chronograph
IW391008

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£3,120
IWC Big Pilot's Le Petit Prince IW501002 281128

IWC
Big Pilot's Le Petit Prince
IW501002

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£7,420
IWC Pilot's Mark XVI IW325501 274196

IWC
Pilot's Mark XVI
IW325501

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£2,725
IWC Big Pilot's IW329301 258411

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW329301

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£5,585
IWC Big Pilot's IW501004 227353

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW501004

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£7,450
IWC Portofino Chronograph IW391009 276116

IWC
Portofino Chronograph
IW391009

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£2,905
IWC Big Pilot's IW502003 261309
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW502003

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£7,485
IWC Portugieser Chrono IW371605 260423

IWC
Portugieser Chrono
IW371605

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£6,300
IWC Pilot's Mark XX IW328204 282923

IWC
Pilot's Mark XX
IW328204

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£4,795
IWC Big Pilot's IW510506 271948

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW510506

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£10,845
IWC Portugieser Yacht Club IW390502 269904

IWC
Portugieser Yacht Club
IW390502

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£6,350
IWC Big Pilot's IW501004 270260

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW501004

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£7,615
IWC Portugieser Yacht Club IW390502 282628

IWC
Portugieser Yacht Club
IW390502

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£7,185
IWC Pilot's Le Petit Prince IW377714 270314

IWC
Pilot's Le Petit Prince
IW377714

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£4,895
IWC Portofino Chronograph IW391029 259873

IWC
Portofino Chronograph
IW391029

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£4,900
IWC Pilot's Spitfire IW387902 253069
Limited Edition

IWC
Pilot's Spitfire
IW387902

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£4,220
IWC Big Pilot's IW510401 263131
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW510401

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£12,570
IWC Portugieser Yacht Club IW390213 260430
Limited Edition

IWC
Portugieser Yacht Club
IW390213

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£5,685
IWC Portofino Chronograph IW391404 259841

IWC
Portofino Chronograph
IW391404

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£5,750
IWC Big Pilot's Le Petit Prince IW501002 271527

IWC
Big Pilot's Le Petit Prince
IW501002

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£7,250
IWC Pilot's Le Petit Prince IW395503 272082
Limited Edition

IWC
Pilot's Le Petit Prince
IW395503

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£8,555
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW371705 270256

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW371705

Box
Papers
Year 2007
£2,960
IWC Big Pilot's IW510401 260860
Limited Edition

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW510401

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£12,570
IWC Big Pilot's IW329303 269330

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW329303

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£6,475
IWC Ingenieur IW328901 270049

IWC
Ingenieur
IW328901

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£11,950
IWC Big Pilot's IW500201 280656

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW500201

Box
Papers
Year 2005
£7,180
IWC Portugieser Yacht Club IW390212 279006

IWC
Portugieser Yacht Club
IW390212

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£6,305
IWC Big Pilot's IW500908 268513

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW500908

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£8,910

IWC History


Some watch brands have a certain inimitable style, and the International Watch Company is one of them. Distinguished by striking designs and unmatchable quality, IWC watches have held a special place in the hearts of watch enthusiasts since the company’s inception in 1868.

Fresh from his directorship at the American watch company E. Howard and Co., engineer and watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones set about opening a factory in Switzerland with the intention of combining American engineering with Swiss precision. It would be the basis of his new company, IWC. He immediately hit a snag when the watchmakers in the French-speaking areas of Switzerland—who traditionally worked from home—opposed his decision to open a factory.

White coal pioneer Johann Heinrich Moser began discussions with Florentine to open the factory in the German-speaking area of Switzerland instead, specifically in Schaffhausen. Johann had brought industrialisation to Schaffhausen with his hydro-electric plant, and the power it produced was perfect for the machines Florentine needed to make watches. In 1868, under the power of the River Rhine, IWC was born.

The company came on to the watchmaking scene with a bang, introducing the world’s first digital mechanical pocket watches in 1885. The Pallweber had windows cut into the dial, through which rotating discs displayed the hours and minutes. The public began to take notice of the watchmaker immediately.

The brand continued developing pocket watch movements to make them smaller and more compact for use in ladies’ pocket watches. These movements ended up in the first IWC watches that could be worn on the wrist, produced towards the end of the 19th century. The in-house Calibre 64 movement was particularly favoured for its crown and sub-seconds arrangement.

It wasn’t until 1944 that the next significant advancement occurred at the company, when Albert Pellaton started his career as Technical Director. The first of his developments was a soft iron core in the case of the brand’s pilots’ watch, which protected the movement from magnetic fields. Next came the Pellaton automatic winding system, an ingenious pawl-operated design that allowed a movement to be wound in both directions while simultaneously providing exceptional shock resistance. It remains a patented feature in the company’s watches to this day.

But it’s not just the final product that demonstrates the brand’s level of quality: it’s the journey it takes to get there. Modern IWC watches undergo rigorous development and testing using advanced electric discharge machines and computer-aided design. The manufacture’s parts can be made with tolerances as little as 0.001 millimetres—one hundredth the width of a human hair. This applies to all of the brand’s models: the Pilots’ Watches, the Portofino, the Ingenieur, the Aquatimer, the Da Vinci and the Portuguese included.

It would be safe to assume that components manufactured to this level of detail would be delicate, but IWC watches refuse to obey the laws of physics. Each development watch undergoes a rigorous set of tests, one of which being the ‘chapuis extreme’, a test that involves the watch being shaken 264,000 times in a box at forces of up 500 G.

It is therefore fitting for the brand, whose quality and technology are unmatched by others, to have the motto ‘Probus Scafusia’—meaning ‘good, solid craftsmanship from Schaffhausen’. Perhaps that is an understatement.

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