IWC is a manufacturer who is well known among watch aficionados for its stalwart dedication to engineering, precision, and timeless elegance. IWC is also one of the few Swiss watch houses that was actually founded by an American. An engineer from Boston, Massachusetts named Florentine Ariosto Jones established the "International Watch Co." in Schaffhausen in 1868. IWC remains the only watch factory in East Switzerland to this day. IWC has a foundation rooted in pocket watches, later developing wristwatches for aviators. Today IWC employs 390 people, and is owned by the watch division of Richemont SA. In the years that have followed since 1868, IWC has created some legendary timepieces, such as the Davinci, the Portofino, and of course, the line from which comes the subject of this technical profile, the Portuguese.
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