IWC Schaffhausen has been a leader in luxury watchmaking since 1868. Discover our Swiss luxury watch collections on the official IWC website.

With its passion for innovation and technical inventiveness, IWC Schaffhausen has established an international reputation. Since 1868, the Swiss watch manufacturers have been creating masterpieces of haute horlogerie that combine precision engineering with exclusive design.

Sophisticated engineering, most exquisite materials and iconic design; our six collections represent more than 150 years of watchmaking expertise.

2014 saw the introduction of a midsize collection in the Portofino watch family. The Portofino Automatic 37 (Ref. 4581) and the Portofino Automatic Moon Phase 37 (Ref. 4590) are particularly well suited for women – the latter featuring a stunning moon phase complication.

Da Vinci Automatic Edition “150 Years” As part of the Jubilee Collection to mark its 150 year anniversary, IWC Schaffhausen released the Da Vinci Automatic Edition «150 Years» with small seconds at «6 o'clock».

Nothing tests design like the stresses of deep-water diving. High salinity and excessive pressure are just two of the problems. IWC Schaffhausen faced these challenges with the introduction of the Aquatimer in 1967, which was watertight to 200m.

The IWC Schaffhausen Portugieser is a true classic in the realm of luxury men’s watches. Its Arabic numerals, “chemin de fer” chapter ring and impressive size pay homage to the iconic style of the 1930s, the decade that saw the first watch now known as the Portugieser come to life.

IWC’s watch families – the Pilot’s Watches, Portugieser, Ingenieur, Aquatimer and Portofino – look back on a long tradition. They attest to the innovation of the engineers in Schaffhausen through four generations and embrace the broad range of the company’s watchmaking expertise: from robust watches for everyday use to professional sports watches and …

For more than 40 years, IWC Schaffhausen has been engineering industry-leading chronograph watches. Discover our current selection of iconic IWC chronographs.

The history of automatic watches at IWC is inseparably linked with Albert Pellaton. In 1944, as the company’s technical director, he developed a self-winding mechanism that still powers many IWC movements today.