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WELCOME
Welcome to the small circle of individuals who, if we are to be absolutely precise, demand slightly
more of a watch than absolute precision. Appreciation of a watch is more than mere appreci-
ation of the correct time. It is enthusiasm for an ingenious idea. For the interplay between preci-
sion and imagin ation. Between time and timelessness. Between boundaries and infinity. Between
laws to which the entire world is subject, and taste, which cannot be dictated to anyone. That is
why, since 1868, we have been devoting rather more of our time to watches that must not only
run with absolute precision but which also, with every passing second, exert a fascination with
the great achievements of master craftsmanship: a fascination with new inventions of a tech-
nical, material or formal nature, even if they are concealed in minute details that are perhaps not
even visible. You are now the owner of a beautiful new example of this IWC tradition. We would
like to congratulate you on your choice and send you our best wishes for the time you will spend
with your watch, which perhaps cannot be described with any greater accuracy than it is here.
IWC Management
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