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The name in the famous Swiss watchmaker IWC is really the abbreviation for International Watch Company. As its name implies, IWC originated from international cooperation. Its in fact founded by an American called Florentine Ariosto Jones. F.A. Jones had been the director of America's Breitling Replique Montre leading watchmaking company at that time and aimed to blend the Breitling Bentley Replique Swiss craftsmanship with American modern engineering technology. In 1868, 27-year-old Jones came to Schaffhausen, a small town in eastern Switzerland with a long history of watch making activity. He wanted to open a company to produce movements and watch parts to supply the American market. He expected the Swiss craftsmen to share their watchmaking expertise Replique Hublot with him at his factory. But his brave decision encountered cold shoulders. At that time, while there was an abundant supply of qualified view craftsmen, most craftsmen tended Replique Breitling Hublot Replique Montre to work in their homes and feared for working at a factory using the worry of revealing their patrimonial expertise. Fortunately, an visionary Swiss view maker and industrialist Johann Heinrich Moser showed interest in Jones' plan. Moser had built Schaffhausen's first hydroelectric plant and was really respected inside the local watch industry, he attracted numerous talented craftmen to work for Jones.The International View Company was founded based on such dream partnership of Jones and Moser. Located in Schaffhausen, IWC may be the first and only view manufacturers in north-eastern Switzerland. The timepieces developed by IWC soon became sought after with their excellent quality and middle-end price. By the year of 1875, IWC already grew into 3 factory premises to meet the increasing demands.
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