Is IWC rare? Or unheard of?

I agree with Boscoe. The salesman nowadays are just that. Salesman. They only care about getting something from the store onto your wrist and if they don't carry it they don't care about it. Sure, there are exceptions, but that seems to be the rule. I am surprised a Rolex dealer wouldn't know who IWC is though. But then again maybe I shouldn't be..

Personally, a watch salesman should know there competition to be successful. At least learn the brands that compete with yours. Just my opinion...

IWC is a different brand. They are somewhat like Breitling where they are very cautious in their AD's, they don't want too many around. They are also very low key. Even in the Atlanta metro with just over 5 million people there's only 2 AD's for all north Ga. You'll see print ads in some magazines (not very often), almost always a watch or 'high end guy' mag. They don't discount very much, the AD's have very little room to wiggle, and the limited number of the AD"s means they don't have to. They make a very well respected brand, and most of their sales I'm sure comes from either 1) repeat business or 2) word of mouth. I also agree they're a much more well known brand in Europe.

But hey - that's OK.. The less people that know about them, the more for all of us!!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

timefinder said:

Muttley: What country do you reside in?

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New Zealand - home of the hobbits, next stop Antarctica, Maori name: Aotearoa (land of the long white cloud).

Official Flag (I know, boring)



Three islands (North, South & Stewart) to the south east of Australia's east coast.

Here endeth today's geography lesson :001_smile:

Thanks timefinder, yeah there's a long history of rivalry between Aust & NZ, especially in sports:biggrin: But we have an even longer history of working together since so many of us died together in the mud and blood of Gallipoli in WW1, where both countries forged our own unique identities beyond just being colonies of Britain. Strangely enough, a New Zealander has just been appointed the head coach of the Australian National Rugby Union side, the first foreigner to coach Australian Rugby in history. It's going to be very interesting when the two countries clash on the field next time :thumbup:
But I digress.....
Here's the Australian Flag:


you can see why there's a movement here to change our flag - it looks too much like Aust's flag (and Fiji's and a couple of others as well).


I like this alternative:



but I think we'll stay with the old one for a long while yet.....

P.s. you were **** close - there's 7 points on the Australian flag's stars to represent the 7 states. The Cluster of small stars is the Southern Cross constellation (same as the New Zealand flag, but Australia put a tiny little star in as well - showoffs just wanted to be one better.... :001_tt2

timefinder said:

BTW, Muttley, the flag is very similar to Australia's flag. As I recall, they have six stars due to their six provinces.

I understand that the two countries go head to head in sports, much like the Sox / Yankees; Pats / Jets; or Cowboys / Redskins; but, I also understand the two countries get along quite well together and with us here in the States.

BTW, for the record, your flag is not boring. Very nice!!! :thumbup:

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