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| April 2011 | IWI Watches sponsored Alice Powell sat on the grid at Brands Hatch before the first race of the year. |
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| March 2011 | IWI Watches sponsored Alice Powell testing her 2011 Formula Renault car. |
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| February 2011 | IWI Watches are the timing partner for not only the Chevron GR8 Championship but also the British GT Championship factory entered Chevron GR8. Here's the car on a test at Silverstone, great to see the IWI logo on the bonnet. |
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| February 2011 | IWI Watches feature in the current issue of International Watch Magazine. |
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| January 2011 | IWI sponsored Alice Powell was named the BWRDC Elite Gold Star winner for the second year in succession and received the award from BBC Sport’s Formula 1 TV presenter, Jake Humphrey at the 2011 Autosport International Show, UK. |
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| January 2011 | IWI Watches featured in the current issue of EVO magazine. |
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| December 2010 | WI Watches are pleased to announce that we have become the timing partner for the Chevron GR8 Championship 2011. |
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| November 2010 | IWI Watches sponsored Alice Powell confirms that she will be competing in Formula Renault in 2011. She will be run by Manor Motorsport. We're looking forward to exciting times and some great pictures. |
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| September 2010 | IWI Watches sponsored Alice Powell racing a Ginetta |
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| September 2010 | Alice wins Formula Renault BARC 2010 |
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| June 2010 |
Exciting times for IWI, if
you'll pardon the expression; new concessionaire/distributor in USA |
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| May 2010 | Last night, 19th May 2010, IWI Watches were featured on Peter Day’s In Business Program on BBC Radio 4. You can listen to the show at the link below: |
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| April 2010 | IWI were thrilled when Luke Leitch of The Times, selected IWI's Mod as one of his "British Beauties" We received a tremendous response from this article and were also amazed at just how many of our friends read The Times! |
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| January 2010 | IWI Watches were delighted to present Elaine Moulton with her new IWI Ladies watch. Elaine won the watch in the Ribble Valley Magazine Christmas Competition. Ian was pleased to present Elaine with her new watch. |
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| December 2009 | Brummell Magazine, one of the widest read financial lifestyle magazines, has featured the new IWI Chronograph. One of the more arty shots of one of ours watches so far. We were delighted with the image in the magazine. See for your self clicking on the image on the right. |
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| November 2009 | Octane Magazine's Chrono supplement is always eagerly anticipated by the car and watch enthusiasts and IWI were proud to be included in the publication again this year. |
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| October 2009 | Live Ribble Valley Magazine, have featured IWI watches in this issue. |
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| February 2009 |
IWI were delighted to be
included in the Sunday Express Magazines World Beating British
Designers. Key to their piece was the fact that all the chosen designers actually make their products in Britain, we're certainly proud to be in that category |
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| December 2008 | Rain stops play in Dubai, can you believe it, race 2 was cancelled in Dubai due to torrential rain leading to flooding, despite the Autodrome's best efforts to make the race happen. The picture to the right is of some mechanics making the best out of a bad situation, would you ever of thought it, water skiing down the pit lane of the Dubai Autodrome behind a quad bike! |
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| December 2008 | Jonny Lang, the IWI sponsored FIA GT3 Racing Driver was racing in Dubai 5/6th December - All was running well on Friday 5th, see picture right, the Ascari ahead of 2 Porsches |
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| December 2008 | Jonny Lang, the IWI sponsored FIA GT3 Racing Driver, has just sent us this video from a race. It's the final race of the season in Dubai on 6th December and Jonny will be racing in an Ascari, covered in IWI stickers. Ian and Tim wish Jonny the best of British for the race and will be watching online. As soon as we get any images through we'll be sure to get them onto the site. |
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| November 2008 |
IWI are pleased to
announce a collaboration with Thyme Restaurant at the Sirloin, Hoghton,
Near Preston. With a showcase of IWI's watches in the restaurant,
including the new ladies watches. The collaboration seems perfect as two
of Lancashire's forward thinking businesses share similar target
markets. Watch out for more great collaborations between the two
businesses over the coming months. |
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| October 2008 |
Monocle Magazine, the new
publication from the creator of Wallpaper Magazine and international
style and design icon Tyler Brule has included IWI Watches in their
October issue. We are thrilled that such a prestigious and global
publication has included us side by side with the house hold names of
the watch industry such as Patek Phillipe, Cartier and Tag Heuer.
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| September 2008 |
Jonny Lang makes it onto
the podium at the FIA GT3 rounds in Brno. More images of the car to
follow. To see Jonny on the podium click below. Well done Jonny from all
at IWI. Jonny's next outing is the Britcar 24 Hour endurance race at
Silverstone on the 20/21 September where Jonny will be in a Morgan Aero
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| September 2008 |
Classic
Cars featured IWI Watches in there newly revamped format in the Right
Stuff section and cited IWI as a must have watch, we couldn't agree
more. Rob Scorah who wrote the feature loved the watches and the way
they tip there head at an era that has passed but is much loved by so
many. We we're so pleased that Rob got the "modern classic" idea of IWI.
They're chomping at the bit to get there hands on one of next production
run of Rally Timers to feature in the magazine.
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| August 2008 |
Chip and Spin magazine,
itself a relatively new kid on the block, were blown away with IWI's
watches and couldn't wait to include one of the watches in their style
feature on summer golfing attire in the August issue.
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| July 2008 |
One of America's leading
publications aimed at global wealthy and successful individuals has
featured IWI in their July issue. The article picks up on IWI's heritage
from motosport and the instruments once widely used in aviation. This is
another huge step for IWI to be included in the pages of such an
incredible publication and further enhances IWI's profile globally.
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| June 2008 |
Retail Jeweller dispatched
the intrepid Sally Priestly north to interview Ian for a "one to one"
feature in Retail Jeweller. Sally has done a great job in charting IWI's
fledgling history and also what got Ian to the point where IWI started.
We are thrilled with the collage of images that RJ have produced, looks
fantastic.
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| June 2008 | This issue of Europa Star is another milestone for IWI and one we are especially delighted with. Following on from our inclusion in the Inernational issue for Basel World earlier in the year, the people at Europa Star have included us in this issue which is in Russian and is distributed in Russia and the Ukraine. This is the first foreign language magazine we have been in, the first of many we hope. |
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| June 2008 | We've just received these shots of one of our watches at the Monaco Grand Prix, which took place at the end of May. We've been sent shots in and around Monaco as well as this one over looking the pits of Toyota and Toro Rosso. |
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| June 2008 |
The first sighting of the
IWI Ladies range, we're planning to launch the range in September and
wanted to give you a little taste of what is on the way. The watches are
to some extent a scaled down version of the gents watches keeping all
the key ingredients that has gone into IWI Watches, but they are far
more than just a scaled down version. |
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| May 2008 |
Octane magazine is one of
the most widely read publications for petrol heads and lovers of fine
cars and the things that are associated with them, especially watches.
Simon de Burton, one of the worlds premier watch journalists has yet
again done a wonderful job of conveying all that is IWI.
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| April 2008 |
IWI are delighted to continue our relationship with leading GT3 driver Jonny Lang. The first race of 2008 took place at Silverstone and IWI were there to support Jonny, who was driving an Ascari. |
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| April 2008 | Europa Star, the watch industry's bible, featured IWI in their much coveted Basel World 2008 show edition. This was a big moment for us at IWI and one which we have been working towards for some time. It was great to meet the men and women behind Europastar again at Basel this and a privilege for us to be included in this issue! |
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March 2008 |
March saw the birth of a future model. Ian had for some time been looking to do something to complement the luminous dials on the watches and charged our strap manufacturer to source matching stitching to the colour of the luminous markers on the dial. The result is the watch to the right, we're really pleased with the result and expect to see it launch in the autumn. |
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| February 2008 |
Wonderland Magazine
recently featured IWI Watches, focussing on the Englishness of IWI
Watches in what is a quite brilliant piece of creative photography. Take
a look for yourself, click here |
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| January 2008 | The Player magazine, now a bookazine and published in hardback, is received by premiership footballers, International powerboat racers, professional golfers, racing drivers, CEO’s and MD’s of large corporations, who expect only the very best life has to offer. It was great that IWI was included in this great offering and Andie Jones, the owner of the Player, is spreading the word of IWI, we still seem to be one of the watch industries best kept secrets. |
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| January 2008 |
Retail Jeweller tip IWI Watches as one to watch out for in 2008, Simon de Burton says keep on eye on IWI if you want to stock some innovative timepieces this year.
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| December 2007 |
QP Magazine Issue 28 2007.
IWI are featured in the latest edition of QP Magazine, the feature,
written by Simon de Burton, is excellent, we're all thrilled by the
feature and it's a fitting way to end 2007 which has been a wonderful
year in the development of IWI |
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| December 2007 |
The International Herald
Tribune have today featured IWI Watches in the global print edition for
8 December 2007. This follows on from yesterdays online article, all in
all a good week for IWI online and in the press. The article written by
Victoria Gomelsky champions the British watch making industry and IWI is
very proud to be part of that. |
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| December 2007 |
The International Herald
Tribune feature IWI Watches on their global web site. Online on 7 December 2007 |
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| December 2007 |
IWI Watches are pleased to
announce a new Concessionaire, Gregory's Jewellers of Llandudno in North
Wales. Gregory Narey took delivery of his first IWI Watches in the first
week of December. Click here for contact information |
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| November 2007 | Jonny Laing saves best till last finishing the season off in sensational style in the sun-kissed surroundings of Dubai. Racing in partnership with Dutchman Rory Bertrum, Jonny achieved his best results of the year in the FIA GT3 European Championship, finishing second and third and only narrowly missing out on the chequered flag on both occasions. |
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| November 2007 |
Lifestyle Magazine run a 3
page feature on IWI Watches Click here or cover to read feature |
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October 2007 |
New model Launched. IWI are delighted to announce the launch, eventually, of the M3. New features include a laser etched second track round the bevel and an extended second hand, not to mention a completely new dial. This is the first IWI watch to feature the date, which is positioned at 2 o'clock. |
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| August 2007 |
IWI Watches have become
members of the British Horological Federation, the trade association of
the Horological Industry in the UK. It seemed a logical step for us to
become members and Sid Childs the Secretary of the BHF is delighted that
we're making watches in England.
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June 2007 |
Jonny Lang brought the IWI sponsored Porsche home ahead of the other Porsches in the recent FIA GT3 race at Monza. |
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| May 2007 | We've just got a great shot of Jonny Lang wearing his IWI Watch at the wheel of the Porsche GT3 on the grid at Silverstone |
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| May 2007 | New model coming soon. The M3 will be launched in July 2007. New features include a tachymeter round the bevel and an extended second hand, not to mention a completely new dial |
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| April 2007 | Jonny Lang in the IWI sponsored Porsche during testing at Dijon, great shot of the car in action |
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| April 2007 |
IWI went to meet Jonny
with a custom made IWI watch which was presented to Jonny by IWI founder
Ian Walsh Jonny Lang has his own web site www.jonnylangracing.com
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| March 2007 | IWI Watches have signed to become one of the sponsors of FIA GT3 Porsche racer Jonny Lang. Jonny had a tremendous season last year in the UK series of GT3 and became the 2006 Avon Tyres British GT Champion, IWI are backing Jonny to have a great season this year on the International Stage. The first race takes place at Silverstone in June and then it's off round the globe. |
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| February 2007 |
IWI Watches are pleased to
announce that in the not to distant future a new edition will be added
to the IWI Range in the shape of a classic Rallytimer |
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| December 2006 | Lancashire Magazine have featured IWI Watches in their December issue a page has been dedicated to IWI featuring the watches and a profile of the business |
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| November 2006 | BBC TV's working lunch programme have sent a TV crew to IWI's workshop to do a feature on the watches. Rob Pittham one of the presenters was tasked with conducting the interviews and these went out on BBC2 during the news show. The response to this prime time exposure has been tremendous. |
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| November 2006 | Lancashire Life magazine have dedicated 3 pages of their November issue to IWI Watches. |
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| November 2006 | Arena Magazine have featured IWI Watches in their November issue |
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| October 2006 | An article about IWI Watches has appeared in Good Life Magazine |
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| September 2006 |
IWI are pleased to
announce the launch of a new model "The Mod" This watch evokes memories
to a whole generation of watch buyers bringing into mind The Jam, Style
Council and the Modfather himself Paul Weller, who is an owner of one of
these watches.
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| August 2006 | IWI are thrilled to have negotiated terms with the Grand Prix Masters and have taken pride of place on the back cover of the Silverstone round of the series programme. The response that we have received from this event has been amazing with enquiries coming in from all around the world. |
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| July 2006 | IWI Watches are pleased to announce the launch of a new model the R1 |
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| June 2006 | IWI Watches are delighted to be featured in the June issue of the British Racing Drivers Club Magazine Silverstone, this coincides with the British Grand Prix |
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