====== Pallweber ======
**Pallweber** is the name given to a series of [[pocket watch]]es produced by [[IWC]] in the 1880s. In [[2018]], IWC resurrected the name and design for a new series of watches.

===== 19th Century =====
One of the most famous early products from IWC was the so-called **Pallweber** pocket watches. Produced from [[1885]] through [[1887]], the watches featured a distinctive [[jumping hour]] and [[jumping minute]]s display. They were named after Austrian engineer [[Josef Pallweber]] who licensed the design to IWC in [[1883]]. Although best-remembered as an IWC product, [[Cortébert]] and [[Gédéon Thommen]] also licensed and produced watches of his design.

The production IWC Pallweber pocket watches used an [[Elgin]] movement, [[Pallweber III|Cal. 42 "Pallweber III"]]. IWC also built some other prototype calibres but these were not sold to the general public. About 14,940 Pallweber III watches were made.

The Pallweber design features jumping minutes at the center, displayed with two discs as is often used for [[big date]] complications today. At 12 00 on the face is the jumping hour aperture, which uses a single disc. The seconds subdial is found at 6 00. IWC labeled the hour and minute apertures in various languages.

===== 21st Century =====
In [[2018]], IWC surprised the watch world at [[SIHH]] with a set of new Pallweber watches. Produced as [[IWC Jubilee|150th anniversary "Jubilee" models]], the series included the [[IWC Pallweber|Tribute to Pallweber Edition "150 Years" Ref. 505101]] pocket watch and [[IWC Pallweber|Tribute to Pallweber Edition "150 Years" Ref. 505001 and 505003]] wristwatch, both powered by [[IWC 94200|Cal. 94200]].

See also 

  * [[Josef Pallweber]], Swiss watch brand from [[2010]].

===== References =====
  * [[http://www.iwcpocketwatch.com/watches/pallweber/|IWC Pocket Watch Pallweber]]


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