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IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XVII Bracelet (IW3265-04)

This is a very distinctive looking IWC watch. The color is very attractive and the watch is very easy to read with the copper hands against the white face. The low profile adds to its attractiveness. The thin band is comfortable and easy to adjust. This watch would make a beautiful gift.

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Review by Hannah Lee, From Spain Mijas

IWC Pilot's Watch Double Chronograph Le Petit Prince (IW3718-07)

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Review by Billy Fore, From Colombia Cajica Cundinamarca

IWC Portuguese Perpetual Calendar White Dial 18K Rose Gold Automatic Men's Watch IW502302

I have 7 watches and this is one of the most unique in appearance. It is beautiful.

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Review by Lenn Gilmore, From USA Issaquath

IWC Schaffhausen celebrates the world of filmmaking for the third year as the Official 'Festival-Time' Partner of the Tribeca Film Festival® in New York. To honor the festival and support its nonprofit affiliate, the Tribeca Film Institute, IWC will auction a unique timepiece and therewith introduces a new complication to the company's watch collection portfolio.
The Portofino Monopusher Edition "Tribeca Film Festival 2015" Unique Piece will be auctioned by Christie's during an online only auction from April 1 to April 10, and the entire proceeds will go to support Tribeca Film Institute.

"For many years now, we have had a passion for cinema. Every filmmaker tells a story with their films, and at IWC, storytelling is in our DNA," says Georges Kern, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen. "Tribeca Film Institute has proved year in and year out to be one of the world's premier charitable organizations when it comes to nurturing and elevating young filmmakers. It is a privilege to be in our third year of our partnership with such a highly regarded institution and a film festival."

The unique timepiece comes onto the scene destined for an award-winning future. The Portofino Monopusher features an ingeniously designed single push-button mechanism, which is integrated in the crown. Pressing the multifunctional pusher twice starts and stops the chronograph. When it is pushed a third time, all the chronograph hands are reset to zero. The chronograph records times of up to 60 minutes.
The movement boasts a power reserve of 8 days (192 hours). The timepiece features a white gold case set against a slate-colored dial, inspired by the streets of Tribeca in New York, with Bordeaux subdials, inspired by Hollywood's red carpet.

The Portofino Midsize Automatic comes in four red-gold and six stainless-steel versions, each of which is available with a diamond-set bezel or a slightly more understated variation with 12 jewels on the dial. The finished mirror-polished case surfaces lend these timepieces a real air of exclusivity, as does the sun-pattern finish on the dials, which makes the light appear to move around in circles when the watch is tilted from side to side.

Another feature on the new Midsize models is the slightly raised inner circle on the dial which adds structure and depth to the watch face. In addition to the hour, minute and seconds hands, the Portofino Midsize Automatic also features a rapid-advance date display. All of these functions are powered by a mechanical automatic movement. Pulling out the crown stops the central hacking seconds hand, and the sapphire glass has antireflective coating on both sides to guarantee a clear view of the display. Alligator leather straps complement the dial and case of nine of the models, while reference IW458110 features a Milanaise mesh bracelet. Each timepiece is also available with a 1960s style Milanaise bracelet in high-quality stainless steel or 18-caratred gold.

Launched in 2011, the Portofino Automatic (Ref. 3565) with a 40-millimetre case and date display will now be joined by three additional models in the new collection, each one featuring a bezel set with stones and an alligator leather strap.

Seventy years following the first publication of "The Little Prince", the most successful work by Antoine de Saint- Exupery, IWC Schaffhausen has again made a special contribution to supporting the Antoine de Saint-Exupery Youth Foundation.
The unique piece Big Pilot's Watch Perpetual Calendar Edition "Le Petit Prince" in platinum was among the timepieces under the hammer at the Sotheby's Geneva recent auction of Important Watches. The unique Big Pilot's Watch Perpetual Calendar Edition "Le Petit Prince" in platinum (Ref. IW502801) was sold for CHF 173,000. Together with the Antoine de Saint-Exupery Youth Foundation, IWC is using the proceeds to support the construction of a school with a library in Cambodia, thereby contributing to the fight against illiteracy.
"This auction is a sign of our respect for the Foundation's commitment to fighting illiteracy. As a globally successful company, we take our social responsibility seriously and have since 2006 maintained a collaborative relationship with Saint-Exupery's heirs and the Antoine de Saint-Exupery Youth Foundation, which is based on the humanistic values of the renowned pilot and author," comments Georges Kern, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen, regarding the auction.
Olivier d'Agay, great-nephew of Antoine de Saint-Exupery and Director Saint-Exupery - d'Agay Estate, is delighted with the result of the auction: "Not only did the highest bidder acquire a precious unique timepiece, they can also rest assured that their contribution will be put to good use. With the proceeds of the auction we will help provide Cambodian children with a school education and thus a better future. Reading is key to their development and self-realization." The Foundation works closely with the non-governmental organization Sipar, which combats illiteracy in Cambodia. More than 200,000 children have benefited from access to books and literacy activities through the creation of libraries and education centres.
Mobile libraries bring reading material to remote areas, and every month Sipar publishes books in the national language Khmer, including "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Thanks to this cooperation and with the support of IWC Schaffhausen, a new school building with five classrooms and a library is currently being built in the village of Roluos in the province of Siem Reap. The school is scheduled to be opened in spring 2014. "Without the commitment of b partners such as IWC Schaffhausen, we would be unable to fulfil our mission," emphasizes Olivier d'Agay. "IWC has close links with the world of aviation, and shares the values of Saint-Exupery. We are working together to help young people to build their own futures, and encourage them to take responsibility and adopt an active role in society. We are delighted to be able to offer young people a perspective for the future thanks to the significant proceeds from this auction," adds the great-nephew of the world-famous author.

 
Elegant and refined : Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days
The Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days seamlessly takes up a tradition established by this watch family that goes back over 25 years. When the first Portofino watch took the world by storm in 1984, it was a scintillating combination of understated elegance and precision mechanics. The watch was, and still is, a perfect piece for connoisseurs. This is particularly true of the Portofino family's new flagship, which will also appeal to devotees of complex yet highly functional watchmaking. For ticking away inside the elegant, round case is the new IWC-manufactured 59210 calibre: designed and built using stateof- the-art methods, it never loses sight of Schaffhausen's great watchmaking tradition. For more than a quarter of a century, the Portofino watch family has been the epitome of the classical wristwatch, its design a distillation of the entire know-how and experience of IWC's engineers. This applies especially to the new Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days, whose elegance and technological sophistication have established it as the flagship of the Portofino family. A case measuring 45 millimetres in diameter ensures that it cannot fail to be noticed, but thanks to the simple, round shape it still appears pleasingly discreet. Connoisseurs with a weakness for beautiful things and technological perfection will be enraptured by the Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days. urs.Making a big show of things is simply not the style of the centrepiece of this watch family: what counts in the Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days are inner qualities and technical superiority. Ticking away inside the case is the newly developed IWC-manufactured movement from the 50000-calibre family, measuring a hefty 37.8 millimetres in diameter. The 59210 calibre is the same size as a pocket watch movement, but its design is incomparably more modern. As you would expect, it is highly robust and reliable, and designed to meet all the exacting demands of watch devotees in the 21st century. Despite its undisputed elegance, the Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days is a watch made for everyday use through and through - as it has already proved in tough and extensive testing in the IWC laboratories. In keeping with the movement's size, IWC's engineers equipped the 59210 calibre with an extra large barrel, which ensures that the latest, hand-wound Portofino will keep running for an unusually long time. It is capable of storing enough energy for a full nine days. Instead of making use of all this potential, however, IWC designers chose to insert a gear that stops the movement after precisely 192 hours, or 8 days. Causing the movement to stop before all the tension in the spring has been exhausted eliminates the danger of diminishing torque in the mainspring.
This ensures that the same level of accuracy is maintained the whole time the watch is running. Precisely how long the watch will continue to run before its owner needs to wind the movement can be read off from the power reserve display on the dial. But the owner who chooses to wind his Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days once a week over Sunday breakfast is certainly on the safe side. The b mainspring is just one of several design elements that help to guarantee the watch's precision.
The new movement also features an indexless balance, which is precision-adjusted using the four golden weight screws on the balance rim. Its frequency, as is by now standard for modern watch movements, is 4 hertz, or 28,800 beats per hour. This, like the Breguet spiral bent into shape using traditional watchmaking techniques, also helps to make the watch so accurate. The modernity of the movement is likewise underscored by its design. The rear of the movement is dominated by two large bridges that conceal it entirely except for the balance. The upper bridge serves as the bearing for the barrel, the differential and the winding mechanism, the lower bridge for the power reserve display. Apart from this, it also conceals the train bridge below. All the bridges and cocks are exquisitely decorated with Geneva stripes or circular graining. Standing out at the centre is the engraving "Probus Scafusia" - "Good, solid craftsmanship from Schaffhausen".
IWC's designers have remained true to the classical Portofino style not only in the circular case with its smooth, flowing strap horns, but also in the design of the dial. The placing of the displays - small seconds at "6 o'clock", date at "3 o'clock" and power reserve between "8" and "9" - ensures that the layout is finely balanced. The hours and minutes are shown by feuille hands that revolve above the embossed, solid indices and the Roman XII. The red gold Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days comes with a slate-coloured dial, which likewise features indices made of solid red gold. It is also available in a simple stainless-steel case, this time with a silver-plated dial with rose-gold-plated indices or a black dial with rhodium-plated indices.All versions of the watch are secured to the wrist by a unique pale brown or dark brown alligator leather strap made by the renowned Italian shoemakers Santoni. The straps are fitted with pin buckles as standard. Straps with folding clasps are also available as an option.

By P. Coelho, M. Fritz and E. Bilal

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Passion, tradition, perfection and the highest levels of technical sophistication all this is represented by the name of IWC Schaffhausen. Its head office and principal production site in Schaffhausen are the result of one of the most interesting stories about the foundation of a company in the watchmaking industry.

Now you may read it in a sumptuously produced book with over 500 illustrations. A luxurious volume with outstanding photographs and a lively text, containing a wealth of background information and fascinating incidental facets, which will appeal not only to collectors and specialists but to all watch enthusiasts. And let yourself be carried away into an enthralling world of time penned by bestselling author Paulo Coelho exclusively for IWC and illustrated by the gifted drawing artist Enki Bilal.