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 Post subject: IWC
PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 2:59 pm 
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I have a growing intrest in IWC, specifically the portuguese. What I would like to know is: do they use in-house movements.

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 Post subject: Re: IWC
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Yes they do.

IWC make some very, very good in house movements.
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Roffensian wrote:
Yes they do.

IWC make some very, very good in house movements.

:yeahthat
If you're after a Portuguese, the Auto is an in-house movement but the Chrono is not.
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 Post subject: Re: IWC
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Otto wrote:
Roffensian wrote:
Yes they do.

IWC make some very, very good in house movements.

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If you're after a Portuguese, the Auto is an in-house movement but the Chrono is not.


I completely forgot that :oops:
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 Post subject: Re: IWC
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Thanks for the reply guys.

Does anyone have a good picture of a Portuguese? Feel free to move this to the gallery section if you feel it needs to be moved.

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The Ingenieur also has an in-house movement with an auto winding system that is more efficient than the standard design, but only in the regular and not the chrono (this is why the chrono is the same price as the non-chrono). Also their pilot's watches are awesome...they have a lot of history with aviation timepieces...but all except the Big Pilot have ETA-based movements.

Anything with the word "Big" in front of it (Big Pilot, Big Ingenieur) as well as the Portuguese Automatic have their in-house 51xxx series movements, which are very highly regarded, as well as beautiful to look at if the piece has an exhibition back.

Altair has posted pictures of his Big Ingenieur on this site, so just do a search and you will find them (they are absolutely fantastic). For other pics, the best place to go is the IWC forum on timezone...people are always posting great photos of their IWCs there.

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NavitimerNut wrote:
Thanks for the reply guys.

Does anyone have a good picture of a Portuguese? Feel free to move this to the gallery section if you feel it needs to be moved.

Here you go - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9291&p=75153&hilit=portuguese#p75153

A real thing of beauty in my eyes.

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Driver8 wrote:
NavitimerNut wrote:
Thanks for the reply guys.

Does anyone have a good picture of a Portuguese? Feel free to move this to the gallery section if you feel it needs to be moved.

Here you go - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9291&p=75153&hilit=portuguese#p75153

A real thing of beauty in my eyes.


I love this watch! i was just looking at this this morning i thought it was a in-house movement though?

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Driver8 wrote:
NavitimerNut wrote:
Thanks for the reply guys.

Does anyone have a good picture of a Portuguese? Feel free to move this to the gallery section if you feel it needs to be moved.

Here you go - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9291&p=75153&hilit=portuguese#p75153

A real thing of beauty in my eyes.


Thanks, that is a really good lookin' watch.

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GET THE GOLD CASED ONE! That way I can live vicariously through you. :D

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tozzleozzle wrote:
Driver8 wrote:
NavitimerNut wrote:
Thanks for the reply guys.

Does anyone have a good picture of a Portuguese? Feel free to move this to the gallery section if you feel it needs to be moved.

Here you go - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9291&p=75153&hilit=portuguese#p75153

A real thing of beauty in my eyes.


I love this watch! i was just looking at this this morning i thought it was a in-house movement though?


It is an in-house movement.

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It's the chrono that isn't in house. There aren't any (major) 3rd party movement manufacturers supplying 7 day power reserve movements.
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tozzleozzle wrote:
Driver8 wrote:
NavitimerNut wrote:
Thanks for the reply guys.

Does anyone have a good picture of a Portuguese? Feel free to move this to the gallery section if you feel it needs to be moved.

Here you go - viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9291&p=75153&hilit=portuguese#p75153

A real thing of beauty in my eyes.


I love this watch! i was just looking at this this morning i thought it was a in-house movement though?

Yes as RJ and Roff have said, this one is an in house movement. It's bascially the same as the movement as in both the Big Pilot and the Big Ingeniuer, just with a small seconds at 9 instead of the central seconds. It gives the dial that classic twin-register Portuguese "look".

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having own the portuguese for over a month now i highly recommend it, or iwc. the high quality of iwc has got me interested in another richemont brand, JLC :oops:
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