For a small fee, the owner can obtain precise information about their watch, as long as the watch is at least ten years old. In the case of later models, these also include the reference number, delivery date and the name of the authorized dealer. Since 1885, details of the caliber, materials used and cases have been entered into the records. The company began keeping detailed records for every watch that has left the factory since 1885. Together, they laid the foundations for the only watch manufacturers in north-eastern Switzerland: The International Watch Company in Schaffhausen. Jones in Le Locle and showed great interest in his plans. As a pioneer of hydropower, he built Schaffhausen’s first hydroelectric plant and laid the cornerstone for future industrialization.” He probably met F.A. It was at this stage that watch manufacturer and industrialist Johann Heinrich Moser stepped in and did the region a huge service. Jones encountered opposition to his plans in French-speaking Switzerland because people feared for their jobs” and the work they did at home because Jones wanted to open a factory.In 1850 the town of Schaffhausen was in danger of being left behind in the Industrial Age. to manufacture movements and watch parts for the American market.” At the time, wages in Switzerland were relatively low although there was a ready supply of skilled watchmaking labor” mainly carried out by people in their homes.
Howard & Co., in Boston, then America’s leading watchmaking company, founded the International Watch Company with the intention of combining the craftsmanship of the Swiss with the modern engineering technology from the U.S.
IWC is an active member of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry.IWC’s motto is Probus Scafusia (Lat.), meaning “good, solid craftsmanship from Schaffhausen” and was established in 1903 as the “Official Motto”.In 1868, an American engineer and watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones (1841–1916) who had been a director of E. International Watch Co., also known as IWC, is a Swiss watch manufacturer located in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
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