{"product_id":"iwc-porsche-design-chronograph-as08786","title":"IWC Porsche Design Chronograph","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e1972’s Chronograph 1 — strikingly cool as it is — is far from Porsche Design’s only notable wristwatch. In fact, we’d argue that there’s another that’s just as important, though for different reasons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThat watch is the Ocean 2000. Designed by none other than Ferdinand “Butzi” Porsche himself — the man behind the iconic 911 — the Ocean 2000 was a 42.5mm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003etitanium\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e diver with an usual integrated bracelet, a non-conventional (and non-ISO compliant) dial devoid of numerical indices, and an impressive-as-hell 2000-meter water resistance rating. And it was released all the way back in 1982, and was in production until 1998!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDespite its unconventional design, this unusual watch — which was produced by none other than the International Watch Company — was adopted by Germany’s elite combat swimmers as their official timepiece. Not bad for a design-focused timepiece from a firm helmed by the scion of an automotive legacy!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Ocean 2000 also spawned a number of additional timepieces, all retaining a similar design language, while adding a bit of variety to size, complications, etc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe piece that we have here, a chronograph, dates to circa the mid 1990s and comes in at 36mm in diameter with a fantastic integrated flat-link bracelet with a signed clasp — both of which are constructed out of titanium, much like the Ocean 2000. It features a screw-down crown a sapphire crystal, very cool pushers that are seamlessly integrated into the case, a matte black Tritium black dial with a three-register chronograph layout, a date at 4 o'clock, a matching handset with an orange chronograph hand, and an outer tachymeter scale. Powering this piece is the very interesting and cool Calibre 631 \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e'mecha-quartz' chronograph movement by Jaeger-LeCoultre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThese IWC x Porsche Design pieces from the 1980s-early 1990s looks just as futuristic today as it did upon its release and make for a fantastic, not commonly seen neo-vintage daily driver. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSnag it before someone else has the same idea!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IWC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40242839715927,"sku":"40970074","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/AS08786_40970074_IWC_PORSCHEDESIGNCHRONOGRAPH_IW373201-6.jpg?v=1694101753","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/iwc-porsche-design-chronograph-as08786","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}