iwc 5038 Operating Instructions Manual page 5

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Welcome to the small circle of individuals who, if we are to be abso-
lutely precise, demand slightly more of a watch than absolute precision. Appreciation
of a watch is more than mere appreciation of the correct time. It is enthusiasm for an
ingenious idea. For the interplay between precision and imagination. Between time and
timelessness. Between boundaries and infinity. Between laws to which the entire world
is subject, and taste, which cannot be dictated to anyone. That is why, since 1868,
we have been devoting rather more of our time to watches that must not only run with
absolute precision but which also, with every passing second, exert a fascination with
the great achievements of master craftsmanship: a fascination with new inventions of
a technical, material or formal nature, even if they are concealed in minute details that
are perhaps not even visible. You are now the owner of a beautiful new example of this
IWC tradition. We would like to congratulate you on your choice and send you our best
wishes for the time you will spend with your watch, which perhaps cannot be described
with any greater accuracy than it is here.
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