Introducing The New fake IWC Aquatimer Collection
Last year IWC reinvigorated the Ingenieur family of watches and in 2012 we got a new series of Pilot’s watches. Well, 2014 is going to be the year of the Aquatimer and here we have a first look at some of the new releases. The new family will include revamps of the standard fake IWC dive watch as well as some limited editions that take advantage of different case materials and in-house movements. We will have all the details for you from SIHH in just a few short weeks, but here are some early looks to get you excited.
IWC last overhauled the Aquatimer collection in 2009, at that time making a number of major updates to the line. The hallmarks of this five-year-old collection are the robust 44mm cases, the external rotating bezels with sapphire inserts, and the bright Superluminova markings. The new collection keeps the same general aesthetic as the 2009 Aquatimer collection, but introduces a few new technical innovations.
The most prominent of the new features is the “IWC SafeDive System,” a combination internal-external bezel system. The Aquatimer watches have, over the years, featured a number of different internal and external bezel systems, but this is a totally new concept from IWC. Instead of the usual crown-based operation, this internal bezel is controlled by an external rotating bezel that is free of markings. This gives you the look and reliability of the internal bezel, but with the ease of operation of the external bezel. Plus, the clutch mechanism only allows the internal bezel to rotate counter-clockwise in one-minute increments, making it both precise and uni-directional (something rarely seen in internal bezels). Finally, the new Aquatimers will again use two colors of Superluminova, with blue for time display and green for dive times.
While the collection is going to cover the full range of complications, sizes, and materials, we have three special edition Aquatimers for you today. The first is the Aquatimer Automatic 2000, inspired by the 1982 Ocean 2000, designed for IWC by none other than F.A. Porsche. The Ocean 2000 was the first serially made titanium dive watch and so this Aquatimer 2000 has a 45mm titanium case that is water-resistant to 200 bar of pressure. Here you can see it side-by-side with the 2009 Automatic 2000 – the new design has a much cleaner look with a more restrained color palette and a textured dial. Inside is the IWC calibre 80110, bringing an in-house movement to the mix as well.
Getting into the more directional designs, there is the latest incarnation of the Aquatimer Chronograph Edition Galapagos Islands. It retains the black rubber-coated steel construction of the previous edition, but again with a more streamlined look. You’ll notice a number of differences in functionality too – the new chronograph layout has a 60-minute register at 12 o’clock and no hours totalizer in place of the more visually dense 30-minute and 12-hour totalizer configuration of the old Galapagos. Also the calendar in the in-house calibre 89365 only displays the date, not the day of the week. The yellow accents and black-and-white color scheme definitely keep the lineage clear though.
The final Aquatimer we have for you today is something completely new, the Aquatimer Chronograph Edition Expedition Charles Darwin. Featuring the same calibre 89365 as the Edition Galapagos Islands, the Expedition Charles Darwin is the first watch from IWC with a solid bronze case. The rationale behind this choice is that bronze played an integral role in shipbuilding during the nineteenth century, when Darwin took his legendary voyages. This is one we’re particularly excited to see in the metal.replica watches
We will have more on the 2014 IWC Aquatimer collection as information becomes available, and you can count on seeing loads of live photos dispatched from SIHH later this month. To see the 2009 Aquatimers before they disappear, click here.
