IWC Yacht Club II

[Monzon]

Buongiorno a tutti,

                           atteso che ad oggi non mi risulta facile vedere dal vivo orologi interessanti nella prospettiva di acquistarli, mi consolo scorrendo in modo compulsivo pagine su pagine di Chrono24.

Al che mi sono imbattuto nel modello in oggetto, che reputo interessante quanto a linee stilistiche.

C'è qualcuno ( le ricerche sulla rete non hanno dato frutti) che sa ricostruirne la storia?

[leolunetta]

Io ho trovato questa descrizione.

2010 was, for IWC, the Year of the Portuguese, when the company updated its vaunted seafaring line. The newest Portuguese to make a splash is thePortuguese Yacht Club Chronograph(remember I gave you live reports from Lisbon about this very launch?). The Yacht Club name is actually one that used to stand on its own for IWC and one that was hugely successful.
Introduced in the early '70s, the Yacht Club was part of a series of watches sold under the "SL" family name and designed by none other than Gerald Genta. Genta, of course, is one of the most legendary watch designers, whose distinctive style was found in many 1970s Swiss watches and in many ways was emblematic of that era. Like Pininfarina, the coachmaker, who designed the swooping bodies for so many classic Ferraris and Alfa Romeos, Genta was a hired pen, commissioned to put a drop-dead gorgeous case around different companies' movements.
At a time when the quartz crisis was looming, IWC needed a new series of watches to defend its market share. This was the SL series. The Ingeniuer SL was the best known of the bunch and the styling of that piece is still echoed in many of IWC's watches today, with the bracelet seamlessly integrated into the case and its angular lines. But also hot selling at the time were the Polo Club, the Golf Club and the Yacht Club that we're featuring today.
The early Yacht Clubs were powered by excellent, sturdy IWC automatic movements but were soon replaced by a quartz calibre and most vintage examples that can be found are the quartz version.
That's what we like about this 1970 Yacht Club for sale from Matthew Bain - it's in very good condition, has the classic Genta styling and an automatic movement. This IWC would make for a great accompaniment to or everyday alternative to the much more expensive but similarly styled A-Series Royal Oak from Audemars Piguet.

P.s.
L'orologio per me è anche bello, ciò che mi frena sono le dimensioni, 41mm per un orologio con bracciale integrato sono una enormità(vedi AP 15400), e poi sembra sia irreperibile, non so quanti ne hanno fatti negli anni 70.
Saluti

[guagua72]

Effetto Royal Oak

[ciaca]

É un 38mm

[leolunetta]

É un 38mm

In tal caso dove ho letto io o c'era scritta una fregnaccia, o era riportata la misura compresa la corona...
Il discorso cambia con 38mm. Sulla reperibilità sai dirci qualcosa in più Angelo?
 

[leolunetta]

Il calibro è 3,25mm, cosa monta?

[ciaca]

IWC 3254 = jlc 889
Reperibilità piuttosto bassa per questo modello nella versione automatica, qualcuno in più si trova nella versione al quarzo.

[leolunetta]

Ok, grazie.