IWC. A limited edition stainless steel automatic calendar wristwatch


Model: Ingenieur Mission Earth Plastiki, No.0001/1000Reference: 3236Date: Circa 2010Movement: 28-jewel Cal.C80110 automatic, adjusted to 5 positionsDial: Textured white, applied blue filled baton hour markers, Arabic numeral 6 and 12, raised outer minute divisions, date aperture at 3, blue accented pointed baton hands, orange tipped centre secondsCase: Brushed and polished tonneau form, screw down back, inner cap, shouldered crown, No.5036620Strap/Bracelet: Blue IWC rubber strapBuckle/Clasp: Signed steel buckleSigned: Case, dial & movement Size: 46mm Accompaniments: IWC box, Outer card, setting tools
|In 2010 David de Rothschild and his team made a pioneering voyage from San Francisco to Sydney. Their vessel, 'Plastiki', was a unique catamaran weighing 12 tons and composed of 12,500 recycled plastic bottles as well as other renewable energy resources such as solar cell panels, wind turbines and bicycle generators to name just a few. Their mission was to highlight the extensive plastic waste in our oceans as well as other environmental issues threatening sea life. Respect for our planet and a desire to address ecological issues is an outlook shared by IWC and since 2007 they have been certified as a carbon-neutral enterprise having reduced their carbon emissions by 90% in just a few years. As of last month IWC have also promised to reduce the volume of packaging that it uses by 30% by the year 2020.