The Schaffhausen watchmaker will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Portuguese Family in 2015 and this year will be the Portugieser Year. The first Portuguese watch, created in the late 1930s, featured a clean design that is still recognizable by the Portuguese today. IWC has announced its first ever annual calendar watch which shows the date, month and day in three semicircular windows at 12 o'clock.
The new IWC Portugieser annual calendar (ref. The 5035 looks similar to the Portuguese Automatic at first glance, but is slightly larger with a diameter of 44.2mm and a thickness of 15.3mm.
The newcomer comes with a new caliber 52850, which is manufactured in-house. It has two barrels that provide enough power to the new feature. These barrels are also able to store enough energy to keep the watch running for seven days. The new mechanical movement belongs to the caliber 52000, which is an updated version of the caliber 50000 that has been used up until now.
The new caliber oscillates at a rapid frequency of 28,800 vibrations an hour (Rolex Air King Replica Watches) and is constructed with 36 jewels. The new 52000 caliber boasts slimmer rotor proportions, an improved Pellaton system, and engraved 18-karat gold rotors with blued screws. The IWC Portugieser Annual Calendar is housed in a sapphire-glass caseback that allows you to see the inner beauty of this watch.
The new Portugieser is an annual calendar timepiece, so it will only require adjustment on leap years. It cannot take into account years where February has an extra day.
IWC is offering three versions of its first Annual Calendar. Two of the models are made from stainless steel. The first steel model, with referent IW503501, has a silver-plated dial, a black leather strap with a steel clasp and the second, with referent IW503502, comes with a midnight blue dial, a black leather strap with a steel clasp and the third, with referent IW503503, is a stainless steel case with a foldable clasp.Rolex Replica Watches The third model (ref. IW503504 is made of 18-karat gold with a dial in silver plating. The strap is black alligator with a red-gold folding clasp.