IWC IWC - IW3538-04 Aquatimer 2000 Titanium / Black / Rubber
IWC IWC - IW3538-04 Aquatimer 2000 Titanium / Black / Rubber
IWC IWC - IW3538-04 Aquatimer 2000 Titanium / Black / Rubber
IWC IWC - IW3538-04 Aquatimer 2000 Titanium / Black / Rubber
IWC

Aquatimer 2000 Titanium / Black / Rubber

REF. IW3538-04

5/10

Scarce

Case

MaterialTitanium
Diameter42 mm
ShapeRound
Water resistance2000 m

Dial

ColourBlack Indexes: Stick / Dot
IndexesStick / Dot

Movement

Caliber30110
Typeautomatic
Reserve42 h
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In Context

At 42 mm it is sized to the current mainstream: 40 mm is the median across every watch measured in this catalogue. At 14.8 mm it is a tall case, and it will catch on a cuff. 2000 m is a professional diving rating, far past any demand a wrist is likely to make of it.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 42 hours of reserve carries it overnight, but not through a weekend in a drawer. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

IW3538-04 is one of 2 executions of the IW3538 base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a titanium case. Introduced in 2004.

The IW3538 family

IW3538-04 is one of 2 variants sharing the IW3538 base reference — same watch underneath, different dial, bezel, or bracelet execution. Browse the others:

Inside: Caliber 30110

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The 30110 is IWC's version of the ETA 2892-A2, adjusted and finished to IWC's specification and the base of the Mark XVI and Mark XVII. It powers 82 watches in this library. The 2892 is the industry's thin automatic, a millimetre slimmer than the 2824 and the base most Swiss maisons choose for a three-hand watch, and the [2892 piece](/blog/the-eta-2892) explains why. IWC's version runs at 28,800 vph with a 42-hour reserve and 21 jewels, at 25.6 mm across, and carries the date. When ETA restricted supply to outside brands, IWC moved the same specification to the Sellita SW300 as the [35111](/calibers/iwc-35111). In the library it sits under 37 [Portofino](/brands/iwc/portofino) Automatics, 23 [Pilot's Watches](/brands/iwc/pilot), the Mark XVI and Mark XVII and the Le Petit Prince edition of the latter, 16 GST Aquatimers and 6 [Ingenieurs](/brands/iwc/ingenieur). Cases run from 34 mm to 46 mm, with 38 mm the most common at 27 references and 39 mm at 14. Six are limited editions. The [32111](/calibers/iwc-32111) is the in-house five-day movement that replaced both the 30110 and the 35111 in the Mark XX and the Portofino.

81 other watches in the library run the IWC 30110.

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