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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. Da Vinci Da Vinci
  3. Ingenieur Ingenieur
  4. Pilots Watches Pilots Watches
  5. Portofino Portofino
  6. Portugieser Portugieser
  7. 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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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 Big Pilot's IW329301 414468
Manufacturer's Warranty

IWC
Big Pilot's
IW329301

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£5,055
IWC Ingenieur IW324402 433545

IWC
Ingenieur
IW324402

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£5,200
IWC Ingenieur IW328904 415030
Manufacturer's Warranty

IWC
Ingenieur
IW328904

Box
Papers
Year 2025
£9,965
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW389105 435946
Manufacturer's Warranty

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW389105

Box
Papers
Year 2024
£6,950
IWC Pilot's Automatic Top Gun IW326901 435973

IWC
Pilot's Automatic Top Gun
IW326901

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£4,000
IWC Pilot's Mark XX IW328204 420499

IWC
Pilot's Mark XX
IW328204

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£4,450
IWC Pilot's Automatic Top Gun IW326901 433189

IWC
Pilot's Automatic Top Gun
IW326901

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£3,950
IWC Pilot's Mark XX IW328207 430020

IWC
Pilot's Mark XX
IW328207

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£3,550
IWC Pilot's Le Petit Prince IW377717 431701

IWC
Pilot's Le Petit Prince
IW377717

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£4,600
IWC Pilot's Spitfire IW326803 416125

IWC
Pilot's Spitfire
IW326803

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£3,500
IWC Portofino Automatic IW356523 430016

IWC
Portofino Automatic
IW356523

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£3,300
IWC Pilot's Le Petit Prince IW377714 415849

IWC
Pilot's Le Petit Prince
IW377714

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£4,125
IWC Portofino Automatic IW357404 429419

IWC
Portofino Automatic
IW357404

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£3,750
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW371702 414030

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW371702

Box
Papers
Year 2002
£2,500
IWC Pilot's Mark XVI IW325519 - FATHER AND SON 411391

IWC
Pilot's Mark XVI
IW325519 - FATHER AND SON

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£3,950
IWC Ingenieur IW500508 433248

IWC
Ingenieur
IW500508

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£4,750
IWC Pilot's Double Chrono IW371803 427616

IWC
Pilot's Double Chrono
IW371803

Box
Papers
Year 2002
£4,250
IWC Portugieser Chrono IW371401 432374

IWC
Portugieser Chrono
IW371401

Box
Papers
Year 2002
£3,765
IWC Pilot's Mark XVI IW325501 427336

IWC
Pilot's Mark XVI
IW325501

Box
Papers
Year 2011
£3,595
IWC Aquatimer IW356809 426520

IWC
Aquatimer
IW356809

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£3,500
IWC Portugieser Annual Calendar IW503502 428630

IWC
Portugieser Annual Calendar
IW503502

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£10,250
IWC Portugieser Yacht Club IW390503 428371

IWC
Portugieser Yacht Club
IW390503

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£5,350
IWC Aquatimer IW376805 422872

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376805

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£4,350
IWC GST Chronograph IW370701 421225

IWC
GST Chronograph
IW370701

Box
Papers
Year 2005
£3,150
IWC Portofino Automatic IW356502 416742

IWC
Portofino Automatic
IW356502

Box
Papers
Year 2011
£2,850
IWC Vintage Aquatimer IW323101 413978

IWC
Vintage Aquatimer
IW323101

Box
Papers
Year 2011
£3,500
IWC Aquatimer IW329003 423263

IWC
Aquatimer
IW329003

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£3,500
IWC Aquatimer IW378201 410883

IWC
Aquatimer
IW378201

Box
Papers
Year 2007
£3,950
IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar IW376102 383797

IWC
Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar
IW376102

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£14,750
IWC Aquatimer IW356805 415692

IWC
Aquatimer
IW356805

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£3,265
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW388103 349257

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW388103

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£5,150
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW395001 426761
Manufacturer's Warranty

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW395001

Box
Papers
Year 2025
£7,250
IWC Da Vinci Automatic IW458312 422519

IWC
Da Vinci Automatic
IW458312

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£3,200
IWC Aquatimer IW378203 353536

IWC
Aquatimer
IW378203

Box
Papers
Year 2009
£4,140
IWC Portugieser Automatic IW500113 419279

IWC
Portugieser Automatic
IW500113

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£11,950
IWC Aquatimer IW376803 419795

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376803

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£3,250
IWC Aquatimer IW376803 420018

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376803

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£3,500
IWC Aquatimer IW376803 394073
Manufacturer's Warranty

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376803

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£4,700
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW388108 419519

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW388108

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£5,240
IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar IW375003 403410

IWC
Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar
IW375003

Box
Papers
Year 2002
£8,950
IWC Aquatimer IW376705 403514

IWC
Aquatimer
IW376705

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£3,350
IWC Ingenieur IW323310 418574

IWC
Ingenieur
IW323310

Box
Papers
Year 2012
£4,585

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.