Portugaise Automatic

IW500107

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Portugaise Automatic

Brand  : IWC
Collection  : Portuguese
Model  : Portugaise Automatic
Reference  : IW500107
Complement : Steel - Aligator Bracelet
Year : 2004
Is not commercialised any more

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  • Brand  : IWC
    Collection  : Portuguese
    Model  : Portugaise Automatic
    Reference  : IW500107
    Complement : Steel - Aligator Bracelet
    Year : 2004
    Is not commercialised any more
    List Price : 13 300 €
    Diameter : 42.3 mm
    Thickness : 14 mm
    Styles : Classical
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : 51011
    Complication : Stop second mechanism
    Small Seconds
    Power Reserve Indicator
    Case material : Stainless steel
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : 30 meters
    Dial color : Silver
    Display : Leaf-shaped hands
    Indexes : Railroad
    Arabic numerals
    Glass : Sapphire
    Antireflective coating
    Domed
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Blue
    Strap clasp : Folding buckle
    + More characteristics : Movement
    42 jewels
    Automatic Pellaton winding system
    Breguet spring
    Rotor with 18 ct yellow gold medallion
    Frequency:
    21 600 vibrations per hour
    Power reserve: 7 days (168 h)

    Stainless steel buckle

DESCRIPTION

  • The legacy of the seafarers 
    IWC celebrated its legendary Portuguese watches in 2010
    The Schaffhausen watch manufacturer IWC celebrated one of its oldest-established watch families in 2010: the Portuguese watches enter their eighth decade. This will be the occasion for some fascinating novelties, such as the Portuguese Grande Complication, the Portuguese Tourbillon Mystère Rétrograde or the Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph. These large format, mechanical precision instruments perpetuate the legacy of the famous seafarers to this day – and hand it down to today’s explorers. 
    “Heroes of the sea, noble race…”, runs the first line of the Portuguese national anthem. It is an expression of the collective memory, in which the great seafarers of Portugal are still very much alive to the present time – Vasco da Gama, Bartolomeu Dias or Fernando Magellan. And in 1934 Fernando Pessoa wrote his national epic “Mar Português – Portuguese Sea”, a homage to the spirit of discovery and heroic courage of the seafarers who made Portugal’s former international standing possible in the first place. Five years later, in 1939, IWC supplied the first Portuguese watches commissioned by two importers in Lisbon and Porto. These were oversized precision timepieces with pocket watch movements in the tradition of nautical instruments. They established a completely new type of watch in those days. Today these watches are a permanent feature of the horological identity of IWC and they are sought-after ambassadors of a watch culture at the highest level all over the world.

    In 2010, the Portuguese watches from IWC entered their eighth decade. They have remained entirely faithful to their historical heritage: clarity, size, accuracy and exquisite mechanics. Most of the complications from the Haute Horlogerie of IWC are present in this family of watches today. The horological inventiveness, which finds stylish expression in case diameters from more than 40 to 45 millimetres, is impressive.



    Icons of good style

    Portuguese Automatic

    The Portuguese Automatic, whose timeless elegance is matched by its technical perfection, makes its grand entrance as a classic horological beauty. With outstanding mechanical features, including the Pellaton winding system, seven-day power reserve and date display, it demonstrates that greatness is not only a question of diameter. Two new models, one in steel and one in red gold, enrich the elite society of these style icons. The name of the Portuguese Automatic also comes to mind as a matter of course whenever the conversation turns to a globally accepted denomination of exquisite horological taste that is appreciated by connoisseurs. For this has not only been one of the most popular of all the Portuguese watches since 2004. It also conveys the story of the Portuguese, which, with its mythical roots, extends all the way back to the legendary Portuguese seafarers, authentically into the modern age.

    The 50000-calibre family of large movements was developed specifically for the Portuguese Automatic to mark the change of the millennium – once again incorporating the Pellaton winding system after a long absence and a seven-day power reserve, originally intended for a limited collectors’ series which immediately gained a large following. The new large-calibre movement from IWC was subsequently enhanced with a date display in order to make the Portuguese Automatic – introduced for the first time in 2004 – even better equipped for everyday use. Its dial is protected by a convex sapphire glass with an antireflective coating on both sides. With its moderate case diameter, it very soon found a place as a highly popular timepiece on both male and female wrists.

    In spite of this technical modernization, the Portuguese Automatic continued to be the distinctive and elegant classic watch from a period which did not gainsay the influence of the pocket watch age, but had nevertheless finally bid farewell to the practice of wearing the personal timepiece on a chain. This can be appreciated from its narrow feuille hands, the Arabic numeral appliqués, the chapter ring in the railway-track style and, not least, the small seconds at “9 o’clock”, opposite which the power reserve display at “3 o’clock” acts as a visual counterpart. The Portuguese Automatic represents equilibrium in its most attractive form and as such is the embodiment of an enduring style icon that remains untouched by passing trends. At the same time, as a reliable watch for everyday use, it is a symbol of the aspiration to technical perfection and the consistent implementation of horological advances over the last seventy years.

  • The legacy of the seafarers 
    IWC celebrated its legendary Portuguese watches in 2010
    The Schaffhausen watch manufacturer IWC celebrated one of its oldest-established watch families in 2010: the Portuguese watches enter their eighth decade. This will be the occasion for some fascinating novelties, such as the Portuguese Grande Complication, the Portuguese Tourbillon Mystère Rétrograde or the Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph. These large format, mechanical precision instruments perpetuate the legacy of the famous seafarers to this day – and hand it down to today’s explorers. 
    “Heroes of the sea, noble race…”, runs the first line of the Portuguese national anthem. It is an expression of the collective memory, in which the great seafarers of Portugal are still very much alive to the present time – Vasco da Gama, Bartolomeu Dias or Fernando Magellan. And in 1934 Fernando Pessoa wrote his national epic “Mar Português – Portuguese Sea”, a homage to the spirit of discovery and heroic courage of the seafarers who made Portugal’s former international standing possible in the first place. Five years later, in 1939, IWC supplied the first Portuguese watches commissioned by two importers in Lisbon and Porto. These were oversized precision timepieces with pocket watch movements in the tradition of nautical instruments. They established a completely new type of watch in those days. Today these watches are a permanent feature of the horological identity of IWC and they are sought-after ambassadors of a watch culture at the highest level all over the world.

    In 2010, the Portuguese watches from IWC entered their eighth decade. They have remained entirely faithful to their historical heritage: clarity, size, accuracy and exquisite mechanics. Most of the complications from the Haute Horlogerie of IWC are present in this family of watches today. The horological inventiveness, which finds stylish expression in case diameters from more than 40 to 45 millimetres, is impressive.



    Icons of good style

    Portuguese Automatic

    The Portuguese Automatic, whose timeless elegance is matched by its technical perfection, makes its grand entrance as a classic horological beauty. With outstanding mechanical features, including the Pellaton winding system, seven-day power reserve and date display, it demonstrates that greatness is not only a question of diameter. Two new models, one in steel and one in red gold, enrich the elite society of these style icons. The name of the Portuguese Automatic also comes to mind as a matter of course whenever the conversation turns to a globally accepted denomination of exquisite horological taste that is appreciated by connoisseurs. For this has not only been one of the most popular of all the Portuguese watches since 2004. It also conveys the story of the Portuguese, which, with its mythical roots, extends all the way back to the legendary Portuguese seafarers, authentically into the modern age.

    The 50000-calibre family of large movements was developed specifically for the Portuguese Automatic to mark the change of the millennium – once again incorporating the Pellaton winding system after a long absence and a seven-day power reserve, originally intended for a limited collectors’ series which immediately gained a large following. The new large-calibre movement from IWC was subsequently enhanced with a date display in order to make the Portuguese Automatic – introduced for the first time in 2004 – even better equipped for everyday use. Its dial is protected by a convex sapphire glass with an antireflective coating on both sides. With its moderate case diameter, it very soon found a place as a highly popular timepiece on both male and female wrists.

    In spite of this technical modernization, the Portuguese Automatic continued to be the distinctive and elegant classic watch from a period which did not gainsay the influence of the pocket watch age, but had nevertheless finally bid farewell to the practice of wearing the personal timepiece on a chain. This can be appreciated from its narrow feuille hands, the Arabic numeral appliqués, the chapter ring in the railway-track style and, not least, the small seconds at “9 o’clock”, opposite which the power reserve display at “3 o’clock” acts as a visual counterpart. The Portuguese Automatic represents equilibrium in its most attractive form and as such is the embodiment of an enduring style icon that remains untouched by passing trends. At the same time, as a reliable watch for everyday use, it is a symbol of the aspiration to technical perfection and the consistent implementation of horological advances over the last seventy years.

  • Brand  : IWC
    Collection  : Portuguese
    Model  : Portugaise Automatic
    Reference  : IW500107
    Complement : Steel - Aligator Bracelet
    Year : 2004
    Is not commercialised any more
    List Price : 13 300 €
    Diameter : 42.3 mm
    Thickness : 14 mm
    Styles : Classical
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : 51011
    Complication : Stop second mechanism
    Small Seconds
    Power Reserve Indicator
    Case material : Stainless steel
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : 30 meters
    Dial color : Silver
    Display : Leaf-shaped hands
    Indexes : Railroad
    Arabic numerals
    Glass : Sapphire
    Antireflective coating
    Domed
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Blue
    Strap clasp : Folding buckle
    More characteristics : Movement
    42 jewels
    Automatic Pellaton winding system
    Breguet spring
    Rotor with 18 ct yellow gold medallion
    Frequency:
    21 600 vibrations per hour
    Power reserve: 7 days (168 h)

    Stainless steel buckle