Andrew McUtchen
James Marsden, a face you will recognise from at least one of your favourite films (guys: Zoolander, girls: The Notebook, me: Westworld), describes the moment he surprised/scared?IWC‘s Creative Director, Christian Knoop, the night before. “I was chatting with Christian and I told him can you please?make a perpetual calendar with a split-seconds chrono in a 43mm case. Please?” Knoop’s expression?must have been somewhat like mine, read, the open-mouthed emoji with red cheeks.The new IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Chronograph in steel, powered by the Cal. 89630“His mouth was agape, he was like ‘How do you know about the 89630?movement in my new perpetual calendar?’ And I was like, it’s because I’m obsessed. They made a perpetual calendar with a chrono in the older Da Vinci, I think it was 2004 or something, and they’ve brought that back now and I just love a chrono movement with a perpetual calendar. He was like… ‘How do you know this, actor guy?”T+T: When did you get your first good watch?James Marsden: An?IWC was the first really special watch I was given when we wrapped the last season of a show… Ally McBeal in 2002… It was given by David E. Kelley… It was the first upper tier nice watch I’ve ever owned. It was a Portofino. It was such a nice generous gift that it made me want to start learning about them…T+T: When did you go from being a bit into watches to being obsessed with them?JM:?I’m an extreme hobbyist. I got into collecting guitars and just this last couple of years I got into art and started learning about it, I don’t like to buy everything and learn about it later, I have to learn everything first. And then cars. My girlfriend will tell you, if you want to learn anything about anything, have me make into my hobby for a bit and I’ll tell you.
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