IWC mastered all these problems and also managed to polish the material, which the technical literature at that time said was impossible.To eliminate thread replica Corum 10140.501810 watch erosion of titanium parts, IWC used nitride hardening (certainly before Ventura introduced their nitride hardened case), it three times as hard as hardened steel and 1000 times harder than untreated titanium.Pretty impressive, no? We think so, and that is why we are particularly happy that we found one of these original titanium IWC/Porsche Design collaborations.It is a titanium chronograph bearing the name "Porsche Design" and it is in fantastic condition.
How many do you see that are not chronographs? Exactly.Not too many.So let's recap.It's a 60 year old Breitling that's NOT a chronograph, it's 37mm, it's a replica Bell & RossGeneva 126 G126BLK-SB Men' world-timer with a rare "map dial", it's got a steel case, it's in great shape, oh and it's automatic? What more do you need for an epic vintage timepiece? This is one of the coolest vintage watches we've seen in a quite a while.PS - The first person to comment with the correct number of cities on this dial that no longer exist, and which ones they are, receives a gift! 1. Hodinkee in Breitling, Vintage Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 4:22PM
Also, this ground breaking 1st of its kind replica Corum 02120.102001 watch is selling for only 795GBP.not a bad deal considering the feats of engineering behind it (and not to mention the IWC guts inside).Click here to see this original IWC/Porsche Design chronograph in Titanium, the first ever of its kind. Hodinkee in Chronograph, IWC, IWC Porsche, Porsche Design, Vintage Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 3:54PM
