All of the Portugieser watches for 2020 contain in-house calibers. They include automatic movements from the 52000 and 82000 caliber families, which have the IWC proprietary Pellaton winding with ...

The Portugieser Chronograph (Ref. IW371620) features the IWC-manufactured 69355 caliber chronograph movement and comes on a blue rubber strap. The Automatic case is 42.3mm wide, and the ...

The new chronograph is powered by the calibre 69355, which the Portugieser collection has been using since 2020. Similarly, the in-house calibre 52000 used in the Automatic has been a staple ...

The Portugieser Chronograph Year of the Dragon, Ref. IW371629 is complete with the choice of two straps: one in black calfskin and the other in burgundy rubber. The classic black offers a more ...

IWC Introduces a Significant Range of Portugieser Models at Watches & Wonders: Including a Portugieser Perpetual Calendar, relaunched with a durable new 18-carat "Armor Gold" case.

Over the last few years, IWC has notably been upgrading watches that use third party movements with in-house movements, adding value for what, in most cases, isn’t much of a hike in MSRP. The latest ...

IWC’s solution was to employ a pocket watch movement in an oversized 43mm case to create the Reference 325, later nicknamed Portugieser (German for “Portuguese”), in 1939.

Put like that, the IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar 44mm begins to make more sense. The demand for perpetual calendars and moonphase watches has rarely been higher—this is taking things up a notch.

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