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I really enjoyed these, thank you!
Nov 21, 2019,08:41 AM
Will IWC return to selling posters and put Mr Klaus and the "employee" on them? Remember the ones from the early 2000's that were very macho and not PC enough for today's market? I think I still have a couple somewhere.
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Very cute!
By: r0gue : November 21st, 2019-03:55
Perhaps a little disingenuousness on the timezone changing, since if you travel to the new timezone, it's automatically changed. But the end credit scene of that video where's flipping up his wrist to the see the time was very very cute! The real question...
Well done IWC
By: VinnieD : November 21st, 2019-04:29
Tackling your indirect opponent straight on is the way to go... The smart watch craze is less visible in Europe than say Asia or the US but the digital wave is a massive one and should be scarier than the quartz one IMHO
Traditional crafts
By: VinnieD : November 21st, 2019-06:52
It is obvious that traditional watchmaking becomes a purely intellectual taste for fine things vs. digital watches. The quartz had the same effect: more 'complications', cheaper and more precise... only advantages on paper. But lacking soul.
fun advertizing by IWC.
By: ChristianDK : November 21st, 2019-06:09
Im sincerely hoping interest in mechanical watches remain relevant to a broader audience - long term. However I feel the industry in general need to come up with some fresh ideas to remain interesting.
Electronics will be so passe
By: chippyfly : November 21st, 2019-06:47
I think it sad that so many people take their iPhones from a pocket/handbag to check the time, just like my great-grandfather took his pocket watch from his waistcoat. The iPhone needs charging for, say, two hours but is usually left overnight, provided t...
Funny
By: =RWK= : November 21st, 2019-08:03
Thanks for posting. -- Richard.
I really enjoyed these, thank you!
By: Overwound : November 21st, 2019-08:41
Will IWC return to selling posters and put Mr Klaus and the "employee" on them? Remember the ones from the early 2000's that were very macho and not PC enough for today's market? I think I still have a couple somewhere.
I have a great admiration . .
By: chippyfly : November 22nd, 2019-01:50
. . for Klaus and all those other designers and sculptures of prototype watches for the manufacturers plus their engineers who make the machine tools. Artists, engineers and mathematicians all. It is a privilege to wear their products. Clive