IWC Aquatimer Watch

The "new way" at IWC is to make each year themed. Last year was the year of the Ingenieur while the year before that was year of the pilot watch. 2014 at IWC will be the year of the Aquatimer, so expect to see a fully re-launched collection of some of the nicest high-end tool watches around. Actually, before we move on to discuss a preview of the 2014 Aquatimer watches I want to clarify my previous statement. While for the most part IWC shows the media only pieces of a specific family (i.e. Aquatimer), it isn't true that they don't release other new models. Those merely wait until later in the year to be released. Anyhow, back to our excitement over the new Aquatimers. UPDATE: aBlogtoWatch has new 2014 IWC Aquatimer watch information with additional details and models here.

It was back in 2009 that IWC last revisited the Aquatimer, and the collection was nice but a bit controversial. Why controversial? Nothing was wrong with the pieces but some people felt that they were too colorful. Spend time in any tropical place where diving and snorkeling is de rigueurand why things are brightly colored makes sense right away - they just happen to go better with everything else such as the clothing, scenery, and, of course, fish. The only problem is that most people buying high-end dive watches aren't diving with them most of the time. So, your typical desk diver wants something a bit more elegant and classy.