1/16/2011

IWC Portuguese Grande Complication Watch

New Luxury Watches Report: IWC Schaffhausen 20 years ago started the first of its kind worldwide, will watch the top of the complex together on the same technology into a watch, bringing Grande Complication. Today, the first load in the case of the Portuguese family, and to retain outstanding technical excellence complex: perpetual calendar, minute repeater, automatic chronograph movement.

Five hundred years ago, Vasco da Gama across the Cape of Good Hope and discovered the sea route leading to the occasion in India, his master was "Nau Sao Gabriel" No light boat. Now, the most famous series of IWC launched the latest flagship models, the complex properties of the Portuguese watch. IWC Grande Complication, IWC is the top section of the watch, was born in 1990, when the IWC was the first to create a watch with the most prestigious complex technology integration in one of the watch can be worn on the hand. The top honor, the right way when the count every year only 50 numbered limited edition. Now, this classic timepiece with the case of Portugal series, showing a new look.

In the "Grande Complication" Watch this distinction in the world senior title back, there is an old dream: the clock oscillation in the watch division, run and even chime of all bringing together the most significant discoveries. 20 years ago, IWC mechanics to achieve this dream, to complete a world-acclaimed feat. After more than seven in-depth research and development, eventually could be hundreds of separate parts assembled in a very small space, creating a perfect crystallization of the running for: Although the performance of complex operations is very simple and completely suiwatch for everyday use. Only the most talented designers and master clocks, to complete this masterpiece. This is excellent success and watch this very limited series production of the reason.


Portugal Grande Complication Ref. IW3774, 18K rose gold case, diameter 45 mm 79 091 self-winding movement, composed of mechanical parts from the 657, automatic chronograph movement with day, date, month and four-digit year display The calendar, calendar and moon phase display, minute repeater, small seconds, power reserve of 44 hours, waterproof 30 meters, dark brown alligator strap with 18K rose gold folding clasp.

Portugal Grande Complication, 45 mm diameter case new, passing a series of technical performance after a full verification: 79,091 Type Automatic chronograph movement, the cumulative time of 12 hours, minute repeater - a specially performance of a complex structure, similar mechanical device in the most modern and reliable, and finally, it is self-running calendar, the four-digit years are shown, age, century and millennium, it is more to date no match display day, date and month. A perpetual calendar is linked with the moon phase display, 122 years from the actual cycle of the moon only difference between the day of the year 2100 without any adjustment and suspended by mechanical means to mobilize the program and synchronize all calendars instructions.

Attributed to the patented slide mechanism, Prior to the launch of Grande Complication (will simultaneously continue to offer) all have 1 bar of water depth; if equipped with three repeater performance, you want to reach this water depth, is almost an impossible task. However, the new Grande Complication, Portugal, the water depth was increased to 3 bar. Watch the latest flagship of the family of fully adhering to the spirit of Portugal's ocean, this rose gold watch from the end of the sextant engraved reliefs can be seen: Like the watch, sextant is an indispensable tool in navigation , where represents a spiritual fit.


Portuguese Grande Complication engraved sextant pattern embossed end watch

Substantial increase in size silver dial, watch for the performance of this complex provides the perfect calendar shows the background. Low-key dial engraved with a globe with longitude and latitude - exactly showing a 23.4 ° tilt angle of the axis; the above is the timing performance and calendar display with the combination of sub-dial, and the small seconds and moon phase display panel. Arch-sided anti-reflective sapphire glass watch mirror, decorative Inlaid Rose scale, Arabic numerals, railway-style minute circle. Rectangular time shallow grinding angle button, fully extend the low-key style of the Portuguese case. Only case left to issue a "Sound of Music" in the vane, to a master watch highlights hidden among the precise three repeater device. Case water depth increases, remains intact in the performance of its speaker, volume, size and quality balance. All this not only because of increased acoustic chamber and ingenious mechanical design, and by passing out sapphire glass sheet mirror the sound. At this moment, let us board the new flagship of the fleet of Portugal - closing anchor sail!

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