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Last night while I was eating dinner, my doorbell rang. I went outside and there was a package sitting out there addressed to me. I wasn't expecting anything, so I opened it and it was my IWC catalog. About a month ago I called an IWC boutique and requested a catalog. Since it took so long, they felt urged to send me an IWC hat, bag, magazine, a handwritten note of appology and the catalog.

Sorry if I am making such a big deal out of this.

This is the first time I posted pictures, so I hope it works

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NavitimerNut

very cool...i got my JLC catalog yesterday. IWC hasn't sent me one yet

nice unexpected surprise!

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SA-Baton White Dial/ProII
Tissot Le Locle

i'm sorry but how takky of IWC is this...

I thought this brand wouldn't make such ugly gagets....
It like Rolls Royce give you a sweater with a college font...

looks really fake...

I agree, when I opened this and saw the font I was thinking the same thing too. They should have put their traditional logo on the hat.

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NavitimerNut

Actually I like it for the very reason it doesnt shout out Brand marketing - I like the low profile approach.

Perhaps one of the very few that I would actually wear this and a Tissot hat that I received a year or so ago....black cap with black letters again low key.

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Jerome

I wasn't going to say anything just incase you loved it NavitimerNut, but I totally agree! I would've expected soemthing much more classy looking than that from IWC!

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Driver8

Site Moderator

i think breitling need to take a leaf out of iwc book re the catalog though.

feels like each watch should cost 5k plus rather than breitlings which doesnt send the right message imo

I'd agree. I've always been a big fan of the Chronolog (I've got all of them since the Chronolog started), and I look forward to the new one like some people look forward to a new Harry Potter book! But in the last 9 months or so I've been taking a much greater interest in other manufacturers and some of their catalogs are truly superb - IWC's is more like a novel that a mere catalogue. Another really nice touch from IWC is that all the main head-on pictures of the watches are life-sized, so it REALLY gives you an idea of what they look like in the metal.

JLC's and Blancpain's catalogues are also a bit special aswell.

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Driver8

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I eould also recommend Breguet for a quality catalogue - that one's going to cost me some serious coin one day!