Throughout one's long watch collecting journey (or hobby), there must be a few watches that you have held on to for whatever reason. They may not be the most complicated or the priciest ones, but you just simply "like" them, sentimental value aside. And they have also spent far more time with you than others in the collection.
For me, it's 3 IWC Porsche Design watches. True, I have some vintage watches, which are older, but these 3 have been literally staying with me for at least 25 years each, since the first day bought new from the ADs (this one bought in 1997).
One of them is steel PD by IWC Sportivo 02 meca-quartz chronograph. It sports "Desmopan" rubber strap and a folding buckle. I had been jogging with it regularly for many years till one day I realized all the screws pinning the strap down at buckle had all badly corroded from constant exposure to sweat (surprisingly, strap always looked new). It's only then I thought it's time to retire it to normal daily wear. For the screw part, luckily, the watch also comes with a spare set of strap screws.
At 32mm., it's compact, light, yet robust and trouble-free. The chronograph hand ticks 4 times a second, not jumps and resets to 0 instantly as is typical of JLC meca-quartz Cal.630 (same as one in '90s IWC meca-quartz Fliegeruhr chronograph). As for the look, its minimalist design still looks fresh today as well. And that's the story of one of my keepers. (Image 4 & 5: IWC and PD by IWC catalog books)
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