Scottish Watches Podcast #255 : Chatting With IWC CEO Chris Grainger-Herr About Watches, New Tech and Social Media

Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 255.

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Today we are interviewing another shiny, the CEO of IWC – Christopher Grainger-Herr and what a show we have in store for you as this man knows how to hold a conversation!

Check out our reactions the watches released at W&W:

Scottish Watches Podcast #246 : W&W Day 1 – New from Rolex, Tudor, Patek, JLC, IWC, Oris etc. http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2021/04/07/scottish-watches-podcast-246-ww-day-1-new-from-rolex-tudor-patek-jlc-iwc-oris-etc/  

Scottish Watches Podcast #247 : Watches and Wonders Show Roundup. http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2021/04/11/scottish-watches-podcast-247-watches-and-wonders-show-roundup/ 

These are the amazing videos produced by IWC for their W&W releases:

The Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smurufD45sw 

The Big Pilot’s Watch Top Gun Edition “Mojave Desert”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQOp222NLAk 

The Big Pilot’s Watch 43. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4emGffO1Sw 

The Pilot’s Chronograph 41. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znipivX56j8 

IWC CEO Chris Grainger-Herr | new Pilot’s Watches collection reveal for #WatchesAndWonders2021​. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0ookKU3jMM 

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See how this new technology works:

The Virtual Production of The Mandalorian, Season One. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUnxzVOs3rk 

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David Nussbaum demonstrates PORTL’s HoloPortation Technology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIWMy4nKK68&t 

Chris is wearing the IWC Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar “Rodeo Drive”. https://www.iwc.com/us/en/watch-collections/pilot-watches/iw503001-big-pilots-watch-perpetual-calendar-edition-rodeo-drive.html 

Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Edition “Rodeo Drive”

Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Edition “Rodeo Drive”

Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Edition “Rodeo Drive”

Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar in steel. https://www.iwc.com/us/en/watch-collections/pilot-watches/iw503605-big-pilots-watch-perpetual-calendar.html 

Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar  Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar

Dave’s IWC Pilot’s Chronograph. https://www.iwc.com/us/en/watch-collections/pilot-watches/iw377710-pilot_s-watch-chronograph.html 

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Dave is wearing his JLC Reverso Tribute Duoface Moon. https://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/us/en/watches/reverso/reverso-tribute-moon/3958420.html 

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Rikki is wearing his Speedmaster Apollo 8. https://www.omegawatches.com/en-us/watch-omega-speedmaster-dark-side-of-the-moon-chronograph-44-25-mm-31192443001001 

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Pilot’s Double Chronograph Top Gun Ceratanium. https://www.iwc.com/en/watch-collections/pilot-watches/iw371815-pilot_s-watch-double-chronograph-top-gun-ceratanium.html 

Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph TOP GUN Ceratanium

Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph TOP GUN Ceratanium

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1980s Patek Philip Nautilus.

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IWC museum.

IWC sent me a Prototype! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLZEPwQMmBY&t 

Finally a GREAT bracelet – IWC Big Pilot 43. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5tgHDgkJ_A 

Scottish Watches Podcast #06 : The Troops Head To SIHH. http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/01/24/scottish-watches-podcast-06-the-troops-head-to-sihh/ 

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Scottish Watches Podcast #230 : Round Table with Bark and Jack, Floatlite, WatchDude2, SpanishRob and Katlen. http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2021/02/15/scottish-watches-podcast-230-round-table-with-bark-and-jack-floatlite-watchdude2-spanishrob-and-katlen/ 

Scottish Watches Podcast #237 : We Recorded A Live Drunk Watch Quiz In Front Of An Audience. http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2021/03/11/scottish-watches-podcast-237-we-recorded-a-live-drunk-watch-quiz-in-front-of-an-audience/ 

IW506003-Big Pilot’s Watch Top Gun Edition “Mojave Desert” (iwc.com) Big Pilot's Watch Top Gun Edition “Mojave Desert”

IW503004-Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Top Gun Edition “Mojave Desert” (iwc.com) 

Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Top Gun Edition “Mojave Desert”

IW389103-Pilot’s Watch Chronograph TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert” (iwc.com) 

Pilot’s Watch Chronograph TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert”

History

Portuguese.

First pilots watch.

Mark 11.

Aquatimer.

Da Vinci

IW388102-Pilot’s Watch Chronograph 41 (iwc.com)

Pilot’s Watch Chronograph 41

Pilot’s Watch Chronograph 41

Versatile Style

IW357201-Big Pilot’s Watch Shock Absorber XPL (iwc.com)

Big Pilot’s Watch Shock Absorber XPLSPRIN-g PROTECT system

IWC Manufacturing Center.

IWC Manufacturing Center Schaffhausen Switzerland IWC Manufacturing Center Schaffhausen IWC Manufacturing Center Switzerland IWC Manufacturing Center Schaffhausen design by ATP architects engineers 

Check out:

IWC website- The IWC watch collection universe | IWC Schaffhausen

IWC Instagram- IWC Schaffhausen (@iwcwatches) • Instagram photos and videos

Chris’s Instagram- Christoph Grainger-Herr (@chrisgraingerherr) • Instagram photos and videos

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