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A crowd of 70ies Jumbos, all steel, black dial only
Aug 17, 2014,01:56 AM
I love those ultra-thin (except IWC Ingenieur 1832), super-deluxe, experimental design (at the time), rare full steel Jumbo watches from the 70ies. It is particularly the classy "steel case - steel bracelet - black dial" combination that I like but I have to say that it took me a while to get these guys all together to the same table.
Now quite often (actually, upon checking: not that often) you see the picture with "the 4 Jumbos" i.e. Audemars Piguet 5402, Vacheron Constantin 222, Patek Philippe Nautilus 3700 and IWC Ingenieur 1832 together; this is certainly the case until it was figured out that the VC222 is NOT a Genta design. I have a different view of grouping them together and hence to add one more to the crowd: they are called Jumbo not because of their over-all size - the ones using the JLC base engine were actually super-thin - but because of the diameter. So to me, the IWC Yacht Club II is definitely part of those 70ies luxury Jumbo all steel watches. Regarding the Yacht Club: mind that most of them were produced with Quartz engines. There was a very small early batch using an automatic movement on the JLC Basis.
Pictured are:
- Audemars Piguet / Royal Oak "Jumbo" / Ref 5402ST / A-8xx / with the AP2121 (JLC920) from 1973. Only 2000 A-Series produced
- Vacheron Constantin / 222 "Jumbo" / Ref 44018-411 / with the VC1121 (JLC920) from 1977. Only 500 in steel-only produced
- Patek Philippe / Nautilus "Jumbo" / Ref 3700 / with the PP28-255 (JLC920) from 1979. Only 3600 of the 3700-001 and 1500 of the 3700-011 believed to be produced
- IWC / Yacht Club II Automatic / Ref 3212 / with the IWC3254 (JLC889) from November 22, 1978. Only 300 to 400 steel-automatic believed to be produced
- IWC / Ingenieur "Jumbo" / Ref 1832 / with the IWC8541ES from April 30, 1979. Only 534 in steel-only produced
Enjoy
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A crowd of 70ies Jumbos, all steel, black dial only
By: HSTE : August 17th, 2014-01:56
I love those ultra-thin (except IWC Ingenieur 1832), super-deluxe, experimental design (at the time), rare full steel Jumbo watches from the 70ies. It is particularly the classy "steel case - steel bracelet - black dial" combination that I like but I have...
That is a superb collection ...
By: small-luxury-world : August 17th, 2014-03:23
and I would be very proud to call it my own. Congrats! Any further goals in collecting? :-) Thanks a lot for sharing with us! Oliver
If someone asks...
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : August 17th, 2014-03:39
what is coherent collection...this picture should be shown to him... Great...bravo Sincerely D
superb collection
By: dsgalaxy1 : August 17th, 2014-07:41
can i suggest you to look for the gp laureato 8010?
What a fantastic collection!!
By: yertle : August 17th, 2014-10:41
You lucky guy should have taken time to find all these icons.. Congrats. All these timepieces are stunning
Fantastic line up! :)
By: blomman Mr Blue : August 17th, 2014-11:09
Thank you for sharing! :) Best Blomman
This is a fantastic well-focused collection
By: passetemps : August 18th, 2014-03:43
Huge congratulations! The addition of the Karl Lagerfeld blackened RO is an additional touch of class. Can i ask which of the 6 is your favorite?
Some more questions, if you don´t mind ...
By: small-luxury-world : August 18th, 2014-04:20
Which one get´s the most wristtime and why? Which one is the most reliable one, if this is possible to answer for you? After beeing in love with those kind of sophisticated pieces, what is your daily beater? ... Thanks! Oliver
"Air-time" etc.
By: HSTE : August 18th, 2014-04:47
Hi Oliver Air-time: My AP RO "Karl" (the black one) gets the most airtime of those 5/6. Main reasons being that it is very wear-able (thin, light) yet robust (bracelet has very little stretch). It is classy, a design icon yet freaky with its black color a...
IWC Yacht Club II - underrated
By: RDL : August 18th, 2014-11:19
Great photo and collection HSTE! Iconic watches and designs. I agree with what was mentioned, the IWC YC II by far the least talked about and often overlooked one in this series. But such a cool watch, and on top actually the rarest of all (as automatic, ...
This is a very impressive collection...
By: orangedial : September 1st, 2014-10:31
considering the vision of gathering this theme, its cohesiveness, and the challenges to hunt down pieces in this condition… Thanks for sharing these goodies :)