They created the waterproof(!) IWC Ingenieur SL Pocket Watch ref. 5215. Great watch. I owned the example in the pics here. Commercially a total fail. A few hundred (max.) produced and sold between 1982 and 1996. I loved it. But I sold it after a few years. A pocket watch is - say - not entirely prac
Discovery of the unknown is one of the defining aspects of any hobby that involves collecting. Whilst my wife and I were pondering diversifying some of our savings, I chanced upon the watch below being offered at Watches of Knightsbridge in December of last year. Although it was completely unfamilia
Hopefully this will be my last purchase for a while. It’s a reference I have been hunting down for several months. A boutique only piece which is hard to find. My first quartz watch, but I’m taken by the color ways.
Here is an overview of the Royal Oak pocket watches that I have been able to identify . They fall into two generations : the first from the 1980s , the second from the 1990s . Enjoy and thanks for looking! Best, Emmanuel I. FIRST GENERATION OF ROYAL OAK POCKET WATCHES - 1980s The first generation ,