Press release – in Portugal in 1939 is a true legend ornamental style is as close as possible to the ideal of perfect, good design watches. As the first “watch” the establishment of a large-scale to wear on the wrist, which is very popular today. It was also the first to break the taboo, wearing a complete pocket watch movement of a person’s arm. This is a success, they still do today is the International Whaling Commission. It also created a completely new class of watch. There is no doubt that as a founder of the family of the International Whaling Commission splendid watches, watches Portugal is an important witness the company’s proud history.

It got its name because such a viewing request of two Portuguese businessmen at the end of 1930. They want a high-precision watch, will reflect their glorious tradition as a seafaring nation. From the very beginning, “Portugal”, because it is the only named after all of its functions, is an unofficial requirement marine astronomical like a navigation tool. Portugal hand injury from a large number of wheel used for the original optical Portuguese most interesting one has been chosen, it has never been used for recent Portuguese watches: Arabic numerals, and the graduation ceremony of alternative indicators, the actual measuring range is separated to see them off Dial-up center of another circle, ring-minute chapter, “Sherman railway” – railway – style is very popular time. The same graphic elements also appear in the seconds display circle. Case (44 mm) and groove panels and with a slight tear down the camp is in line with the original.

Portugal is also different from the neo-classical original – and the anniversary of the 1993 model – it has been through, sapphire glass crossed out the dial-up. It uses almost 98,295 caliber is the same as the old pilot’s watch movement: hand injury, a balance frequency of 2.5 Hz, large screw balance and Breguet balance spring, nickel silver plate in the third quarter, bridges decorated with Geneva stripes Pearlescent. The elongated shape index, the so-called “Jones arrow”, which do not have the balance sheet from the cock, it means that the company’s founder Florence???Ali, who established a factory in the Rhine 140 years ago, received it, run.

Technical Data

Features
Tribute, Portugal the first time the International Whaling Commission to see
In 1939, hand-broken-hearted table movement,
Platinum model limited to 500 watches

Sports
Caliber 98295
Vibration 18,000 / hour / 2.5 Hz
Jewelry 18
Power reserve 46 h
Manual Winding

Case
Platinum materials, stainless steel
Sapphire glass, crossed out, by
Back sapphire glass
Dial-up silver-plated, black
Water-resistant 3 bar
44 millimeters in diameter
Height 10 mm

Weight
Watch platinum black crocodile leather strap 103 grams
Stainless steel watch black crocodile leather strap 77 grams

Press Release – Watch the pilot hand injury

International Whaling Commission, the first trials started in 1936 to observe things. As the first of particular concern to young, strict form of transport it has almost all the important functions, such as: black dial-up strong, luminescent hands and numbers, this is the development model of the classical cockpit design, and later sometimes also a movement , Antimagnetic some escape. And a long series of professional pilot’s watches also have rotating ring around the light-emitting Triangle to help calculate flight time, thereby reducing fuel consumption.

Modern interpretation of this mother of all IWC pilot’s watch has a dial-up the original, an increase of the size of 44 millimeters in the circumstances, a small second hand and two-way rotating ring-conditioning installation and light-emitting from within the triangle. In contrast, 83-caliber, which is used in 1936, the pilot’s watch is equipped with a special hand-wound watch precious stones – the 98,300-caliber: Hand sad table movement, balance frequency of 2.5 Hz, large screw balance and balance spring Bao. 98-caliber family, design can be traced back to the 20th century, 30 years, is a watch movement, the International Whaling Commission has been the longest series production. If this is used in the new antique clocks on the basis of the technical style of the first Jones caliber of its 1868 nickel-plated and decorative three quarter plate of nickel silver and elongation index in order to facilitate the active length of fine-tuning the balance of the spring, this is all characteristics, the Dow Jones caliber.

Founder Mark this to leave here, it will naturally attract. Because it not only is the actual “window” of the dial is made of sapphire glass, and transparent cover. In addition, the sapphire-coated glass dial.

Technical Data

Features
To pay tribute to the International Whaling Commission, the first watch specifically for pilots from 1936,
Hand-broken-hearted table movement and rotating panels,
Platinum model limited to 500 watches

Sports
Caliber 98300
Vibration 18,000 / hour / 2.5 Hz
Jewelry 18
Power reserve 46 h
Manual Winding

Case
Platinum materials, stainless steel
Sapphire glass, convex, Turner
Back sapphire glass
Dial-up silver-plated, black
6 bar water resistance
44 millimeters in diameter
Height 12 mm

Weight
Watch platinum black buffalo strap 145 G
Watch stainless steel strap with Brown Buffalo 89 G