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Year: 2001
Model: Da Vinci
Case Diameter: 41.5mm
Lug to Lug: 54mm
Case: 18k Rose Gold
Dial: Silver
Movement: Automatic
The reference 3754 was introduced in the year 2000 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the first Da Vinci Perpetual Calender. It was during the era of larger being better so this is what IWC chose to do to the new Rattrapante model. First, the size, they added 2.5mm making it 41.5mm in case size. The case was no also in 18k rose gold, only for this reference. The next thing was the dial: for the first time ever, the Da Vinci featured large Arabic numerals.
The same movement, caliber 79251, from the previous Da Vinci Rattrapante would be housed inside. The watch featured two modules on top of each other. Kurt Klaus designed the perpetual calendar, which had no pushers for time adjustment and functioned solely from the crown. Richard Habring designed the Rattrapante, the split-second functioning chronograph.
The Caliber 79251 has a 44 hour power reserve with a replacement century slide for 2,200-2,499. The dial features 10 hands: hours, minutes, seconds, months, day, date, chronograph hand, minute counter, hour counter, and fly-back hand.
In 1868, American engineer and watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones founded the International Watch Company (IWC) in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, to escape the cost of labor in his home country and use more affordable labor in Switzerland. The company's roots can be traced back to the establishment of a hydraulic power station powered by the river Rhine, which provided cheap energy for the production of high-quality movements and watch parts for the American market.
Jones initially sought a location in the French-speaking parts of Switzerland but was unable to find one that perfectly suited his needs. He met Johann Heinrich Moser, a pioneer in the industry, who had just established a hydraulic power station powered by the river Rhine. Jones saw the opportunity and established IWC's base near the power station.
Jones made a name for himself and IWC with the introduction of the advanced "Jones caliber" for pocket watches. However, high import duties led to the company going bankrupt, leading to the acquisition of the Schaffhausener Handelsbank in 1874. In 1880, Johannes Rauschenbach purchased the company and successfully steered it into calmer waters. The philosophy "Probus Scafusia" was introduced, representing the confirmed excellence of the company's Schaffhausen product.
Throughout the IWC brand's history, many generations of Rauschenbachs led the family business. Hans Ernst Homberger, the final member of the Rauschenbach family, was forced to sell IWC to the German company VDO Adolf Schindling AG in 1978 due to the quartz crisis, rising gold prices, and a weak dollar. VDO later merged with the Mannesmann Corporation in 1991, and in 2000, Vodafone purchased Mannesmann and IWC and other watch brands under the Swiss watch conglomerate Richemont. Under the leadership of Richemont, IWC began a dynamic second life.
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Year: 2001
Model: Da Vinci
Case Diameter: 41.5mm
Lug to Lug: 54mm
Case: 18k Rose Gold
Dial: Silver
Movement: Automatic
The reference 3754 was introduced in the year 2000 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the first Da Vinci Perpetual Calender. It was during the era of larger being better so this is what IWC chose to do to the new Rattrapante model. First, the size, they added 2.5mm making it 41.5mm in case size. The case was no also in 18k rose gold, only for this reference. The next thing was the dial: for the first time ever, the Da Vinci featured large Arabic numerals.
The same movement, caliber 79251, from the previous Da Vinci Rattrapante would be housed inside. The watch featured two modules on top of each other. Kurt Klaus designed the perpetual calendar, which had no pushers for time adjustment and functioned solely from the crown. Richard Habring designed the Rattrapante, the split-second functioning chronograph.
The Caliber 79251 has a 44 hour power reserve with a replacement century slide for 2,200-2,499. The dial features 10 hands: hours, minutes, seconds, months, day, date, chronograph hand, minute counter, hour counter, and fly-back hand.
In 1868, American engineer and watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones founded the International Watch Company (IWC) in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, to escape the cost of labor in his home country and use more affordable labor in Switzerland. The company's roots can be traced back to the establishment of a hydraulic power station powered by the river Rhine, which provided cheap energy for the production of high-quality movements and watch parts for the American market.
Jones initially sought a location in the French-speaking parts of Switzerland but was unable to find one that perfectly suited his needs. He met Johann Heinrich Moser, a pioneer in the industry, who had just established a hydraulic power station powered by the river Rhine. Jones saw the opportunity and established IWC's base near the power station.
Jones made a name for himself and IWC with the introduction of the advanced "Jones caliber" for pocket watches. However, high import duties led to the company going bankrupt, leading to the acquisition of the Schaffhausener Handelsbank in 1874. In 1880, Johannes Rauschenbach purchased the company and successfully steered it into calmer waters. The philosophy "Probus Scafusia" was introduced, representing the confirmed excellence of the company's Schaffhausen product.
Throughout the IWC brand's history, many generations of Rauschenbachs led the family business. Hans Ernst Homberger, the final member of the Rauschenbach family, was forced to sell IWC to the German company VDO Adolf Schindling AG in 1978 due to the quartz crisis, rising gold prices, and a weak dollar. VDO later merged with the Mannesmann Corporation in 1991, and in 2000, Vodafone purchased Mannesmann and IWC and other watch brands under the Swiss watch conglomerate Richemont. Under the leadership of Richemont, IWC began a dynamic second life.
