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Specification
- Product Code 40970084
- Manufacturer Product Number 40970084/AS09071
- Condition Certified Pre-Owned
- Guarantee Analog Shift 2 Year Warranty
- Category Pre-Owned Watches
- Brand Pre-Owned IWC
- Water Resistant Not Guaranteed
- Recipient For Him
- Movement Manual Winding
- Dial Color Black
- Material Stainless Steel
- Bracelet Material Leather
- Diameter 42mm
- Brand Collections Portugieser
Pre-Owned IWC Portugieser 40970084/AS09071
$29,770.00
for this item is
- Product Code 40970084
- Manufacturer Product Number 40970084/AS09071
- Condition Certified Pre-Owned
- Guarantee Analog Shift 2 Year Warranty
- Category Pre-Owned Watches
- Brand Pre-Owned IWC
- Water Resistant Not Guaranteed
- Recipient For Him
- Movement Manual Winding
- Dial Color Black
- Material Stainless Steel
- Bracelet Material Leather
- Diameter 42mm
- Brand Collections Portugieser
Founders Select
The Reference 325 Portugieser from IWC is the first of the line one of the very watches that spawned a collection, pushing towards a hundred years of history. It absolutely belongs in a museum
-James Lamdin
Ever wonder why IWC makes such oversized tool watches? Well, here we have (at least part of) the answer: The Ref. 325 Portugieser.
Developed to satisfy the request of two Portuguese merchants who desired an oversized, highly accurate wristwatch, the 325 paired one of the International Watch Companys pocket watch movements (initially the Calibre 74) with an oversized 42mm Staybrite steel wristwatch case ("Mod. 228") produced by Biel-based Wyss & Cie. Corrosion- and scratch-resistant though not waterproof it merged the pocket- and wristwatch worlds in a defiantly large package some 50 years before such a thing was trendy.
Well under 1,000 pieces were produced across several references between 1931 and 1981, making original Portugieser watches incredibly rare and highly desirable. This particular example from 1943 is a thing of true tool-watch beauty: Measuring 42mm in the famous Mod. 228 Staybrite steel case with a satin caseband, a satin bezel, a snap-on caseback, polished holey lugs, an easy-winding turbine crown, and an acrylic crystal, it features a heavily patinated black luminous dial that has taken on the aspect of the night sky complete with hundreds of tiny stars.
Boasting an outer open minute track, luminous Arabic indices, a radial subsidiary-seconds display above 6 oclock, and a luminous sword handset, its finished with the cursive International Watch Company wordmark used on 20th-century IWC timepieces. Powered by the hand-wound IWC Calibre 74 pocket watch movement with 16 jewels and a beat rate of 18,000 vph which was treated to a full recent service by IWC it comes finished with a black alligator strap and an IWC-signed steel pin buckle.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from IWC, this superb example of vintage craftsmanship exists at the exciting convergence of several fascinating histories: That of the International Watch Company, the Second World War, and the transition from the pocket watch to the wristwatch. Who wouldnt want to own such an incredible horological object?
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