THE IWC PORTUGUESE PERPETUAL CALENDAR
A Review by Harry SK Tan
All Rights Reserved,
20 Sept 2004
Contents of this Review
· PEDIGREE
· CASE
· STRAP
· LUGS
· CROWN
· A CELEBRATORY TOAST
NOTE: Just click on the photos to zoom into XXL scans
See also - Slideshow Montage of the IWC Portuguese Perpetual
THE
WATCH’S HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION
The
IWC Portuguese Perpetual Calendar (PPC) was first unveiled at the SIHH 2003 in
Switzerland.
The Dial – from
various angles
THE
WATCH’S PEDIGREE
The
Pellaton movement is the heart of the PPC watch
THE
WATCH’S NAME
Portuguese" is the adjective,
like in "Portuguese wristwatch" and
"Portugieser" is a noun, like in "the new Portugieser" and
"Portugiese" is an incorrect spelling of the adjective
THE MOVEMENT
The sapphire glass back from various angles showing different parts of
the movement
THE HEART OF THE WATCH – THE BALANCE WHEEL FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES
The balance wheel in stationary position
The the balance spinning
64 Jewels in the Portuguese
THE PELLATON ROTOR – PROBUS
SCAFUSIA
“PROBUS SCAFUSIA” on the Pellaton Rotor
“PROBUS SCAFUSIA” on the
movement plate
The famed Pellaton bidirectional winding mechanism
THE DIAL AND FACE
A close up of the full dial
THE SUB-DIALS
Close up of the Northern and
Southern Hemisphere Moon sub-dial
Close up of the Date and Power Reserve Indicator Sub-dial
Close up of the Day and Seconds sub-dial
Close up of the Month sub-dial
Close up of the Year indicator
The replacement century counter - up to year 2499
THE CASE
Side profile of the casing
THE STRAP
THE DEPLOYANT
THE LUGS
S
THE CROWN
The Outer Box
The pinewood inner box displaying the Watch and Replacement Century Counters
The Portuguese Perpetual with 2004 Catalogue
Clockwise from the
top: The Demo CD of Perpetual Movement, the instruction
manual, the
guarantee and the cleaning cloth in paper envelope
The Fascinating Demo CD of the movement
(copyrighted material - otherwise I would love to put it up
here. Visit IWC.ch site by clicking on the CD below.
When you arrive at the page, click on the grey icons on the left to view the
graphic show of the Perpetual and Pellaton Movement)
ON THE WRIST
TIMEZONE-
New Model Press Release - Portugieser Perpetual 3/20/03
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©Harry SK Tan,
20 September 2004
All Rights Reserved
