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The Portuguese Hand-Wound. Just like the
original from 1939 you never owned because
your grandfather didn’t just love sailing the seas.
The IWC Vintage Collection: If you could only dream of
owning this watch back then, here’s your second chance
to make that dream a reality. IWC is celebrating its 140th
anniversary with an homage to its classic design and has
reinterpreted the six legendary timepieces that founded
today’s watch families. The models bear impressive
testimony to IWC’s philosophy: “Probus Scafusia” – good,
solid craftsmanship from Schaffhausen.
Ticking away inside the Ingenieur Automatic, the Aquatimer
Automatic and the Da Vinci Automatic are the reliable
IWC-manufactured movements from the 80000-calibre
family with Pellaton winding. This pawl-winding mechan-
ism, designed by Albert Pellaton especially for IWC, is
also equipped with a shock absorption system. For the
Pilot’s Watch Hand-Wound, the Portuguese Hand-Wound
PILOT’S WATCH
INGENIEUR
AQUATIMER
DA VINCI
PORTOFINO
HAND-WOUND AUTOMATIC
AUTOMATIC
AUTOMATIC
HAND-WOUND
IWC Schaffhausen, Switzerland. www.iwc.com.
and the Portofino Hand-Wound, history called for a pocket
watch movement with a manual winding system. The
result was a modern movement based on the legendary
IWC 98 calibre. A see-through sapphire glass back cover
provides a view of the nickel-silver three-quarter plate and
the characteristic index.
Despite their technical differences, all six models have
one thing in common: their ancestors are milestones in
the history of IWC, and are treasured and collected by
watch connoisseurs the world over. When F. A. Jones
moved from Boston to Switzerland in 1868 to found the
International Watch Company in Schaffhausen, he was
fulfilling a dream. Now you have a chance to do the same.
With the IWC Vintage Collection in stainless steel, or in
platinum limited editions. IWC. Engineered for men.