[REVUE] Les montres IWC avec boussole références 3510, 3551, et 3511

Superbe "reportage" !

Merci mais j'ai besoin très vite d'un modo pour éditer et corriger la mise en page des pages 1 et 12 à 18 car j'ai dépasser le quota d'édition !

Edité et corrigé

Super, merci Did.

Corsaire

Voila, tout est ok

Très joli boulot!!

Modèle intéressant même si ce n'est pas une montre qui m'inspire réellement!

DUF a écrit:

Très joli boulot!!

Modèle intéressant même si ce n'est pas une montre qui m'inspire réellement!

C'est tout le problème de cette montre : trop minimaliste et méconnue techniquement.

J'ai les modèles 3510 et 3551 et je ne m'en lasse pas, même si j'avoue une préférence pour celle avec phase de lune.

Elles sont tellement agréables à porter que c'en est un régal.

Tu m'as fait découvrir une sacré montre Corsaire ! La prochaine que je croise je la prends en main et l'examine de plus près.
Félicitations pour ton compte rendu.
François

super !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bravo.
Et cette revue est d'autant plus intéressante pour moi que ma passion pour les montres est née en 1988 avec cette splendide série de IWC Porsche Design.
Mes moyens de l'époque ne m'avaient permis d'acquérir qu'une Sportivo (si ma mémoire est bonne) tout titane. Quartz, hélas.

En revanche je peux dire que le cadran indiquait :

Bonjour à tous.

Continuant de temps en temps à fureter, voici un texte en anglais issu du forum allemand IWC, concernant un entretien avec monsieur Kurt Klaus, l'ingénieur qui a mis au point cette montre, et expliquant les particularités de la boussole ; c'est très instructif. L'original est ici : http://www.iwc.com/forum/en/discussion/59058/?page=1#post_426116.

En prime, toujours issu des archives dudit forum, le mode d'emploi, que je n'ais jamais vu, ici : http://www.iwc.com/forum/en/discussion/49896/?page=1#post_385234

A bientôt.

Corsaire

I had the honor of being seated next to "The Master", at dinner during the recent 10 Year Collectors Forum event. As always, Herr Klaus was his usual amiable and modest self, and I and the rest of the group enjoyed his company.
Somewhere, between the main course and dessert the general discussion amongst the group deviated again to watches (surprise!) and individual watches were passed along. At this stage, I took out and passed across the table to another forum member my newly acquired Porsche Design Compass watch, with a comment about it almost being a joke, amongst all the heavy weight watches flying around.
This is when Herr Klaus intervened - and on taking the PD watch in his hands, said simply "this is no joke....this watch cost me half the hair on my head!". Of course, with that statement he immediately had all of us around him giving him our full attention, as he began to explain his involvement in designing and building this very watch! And not only the watch..but the compass too!

First, Herr Klaus explained that in order to combat the effects of steel and iron on the magnetic compass, how he needed to modify the base movement (a Cal.375) remaking the plates in a non-ferrous metal (Beryllium - if I recall correctly).

The Master then, proceeded to tell us about how when, being unsuccessful in getting the quality he demanded as regards to accuracy, thickness of the compass movement, and sturdiness of the compass from external suppliers, he decided to design and build IWC's own compass. In his own quiet and humblest of ways, Herr Klaus shared some of his genius and technical prowess with us, as he proceeded to explain that what he was holding in his hands, was no ordinary compass but the only compass in the world where the compass needle is seated on not 1 but 2 (yes two) Incabloc shock absorbing blocks. He explained how, working with the Incabloc factory he ensured that IWC had for their compass, and even more unique, the only 100% pure plastic, non metal Incabloc mechanism in existence [again, he needed to combat the use of ferrous bearing metals, which interfered with the magnetic compass. Lastly, he explained in detail the challenges IWC experienced in ensuring that the compass needle shaft was always mounted vertically within the casing, and how he resolved that challenge too (this, since that shaft is mounted both at the base, as well as at it's top end, where it sits embedded in the glass plate covering the compass).

Needless to say, all of us were astounded by the absolutely mind blowing details and information that Herr Klaus shared with us around the design and manufacture of this impressive IWC watch, and were yet again impressed by his watchmaking and engineering capabilities.

In the background to this photo and at the top right hand side of the table, you can see Herr Hannes Pantli, with over 35 years of work experience at IWC and Board member. Mr. Pantli too, later shared with us some details (and apparent little known secrets) around this same watch – when he explained how to adjust and close the clasp on the aluminum strap, as well as the little known almost forgotten fact that each link of the strap is exactly 5mm in width, to facilitate the accurate calculation of distance, when placing the watch on a scale map, to determine direction and distance.