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IWC is an active member of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FHInternational Watch Co, also known as IWC, is a high-end Swiss replica watches manufacturer located in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. IWC is an active member of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH.

Located in Schaffhausen, IWC Schaffhausen is notable for being the only major Swiss watch factory located in eastern Switzerland, as the majority of the well-known Swiss watch manufacturers are located in western Switzerland. Notwithstanding the lingua franca of IWC is German. IWCs motto is Probus Scafusia (L.), meaning good, solid craftsmanship from Schaffhausen and was established in 1903 as the Official Motto.

During 1900-1960 period just before and after the First World War, E.J. Homberger devoted himself to devising and setting up social institutions. He extended the living quarters for factory employees and established a fund for widows and orphans. In 1929, the name of the fund was changed to the J.Rauschenbach Foundation and in 1949 he founded the Field and Stream Watch replica Company Welfare Foundation. On April 1, 1944, as a result of a fatal error, Schaffhausen was bombed by the United States Army Air Force. The Chaumet fake factory was hit by a bomb which failed to detonate after crashing through the rafters. The flames from incendiaries exploding nearby penetrated the building through the broken windows but were extinguished by the companys own fire brigade.

After World War II, IWC was forced to change its focus. All of Eastern Europe had fallen under the Iron Curtain, and the economy of Germany was in shambles. As a result, old contacts and connections with other countries in Europe and the Americas as well as Australia and the Far East were revived and intensified or established.