IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 42, 42.5 mm

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IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 42, 42.5 mm

Name: IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 42, 42.5 mm
Brand: IWC
SKU: luxwatch-102348
Price: 45932.34 EUR
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IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 42 (new condition) has a 42.5 mm case and a silver dial.

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Case

Diameter: 42.5 mm
Water resistance: 30 m

Movement

Movement type: Automatic

Dial

Dial colour: Silver

Set and condition

Brand: IWC
Reference: IW344202
Condition: New

The story of this watch · Chapters: 6

IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 42, 42.5 mm

I · This watch

IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 42 (new condition) has a 42.5 mm case and a silver dial. It uses an automatic movement. The display includes perpetual calendar; water resistance is 30 m.

case diameter: 42.5 mm
water resistance: 30 m
movement: Automatic

II · The line

Portugieser Perpetual

The Portugieser began in 1939 after Portuguese importers requested large wristwatches with the precision of pocket-watch movements. That origin explains the family’s lasting association with expansive, clearly organized dials.

III

The perpetual calendar

A perpetual calendar knows how long each month is and when February has 29 days, so the date needs no correction for decades. The first manual adjustment falls in 2100, a year that is not a leap year in the Gregorian calendar. If the watch stops, it is set forward with the correctors rather than by turning the date day by day.

IV · The manufacture

IWC since 1868

American watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones founded IWC in Schaffhausen in 1868. The Special Pilot’s Watch of 1936 established a lasting aviation line. In 1955, the Ingenieur combined Pellaton automatic winding with protection against magnetic fields. The Aquatimer of 1967 moved the instrument-watch idea underwater. Kurt Klaus’s crown-adjusted perpetual calendar appeared in the Da Vinci in 1985. IWC joined Richemont in 2000 and remains one of the group’s watchmaking houses. A new Schaffhausen site opened in 2018 for cases, components and movement assembly. The Portugieser Eternal Calendar won the GPHG Aiguille d’Or in 2024.

1868American watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones founded IWC in Schaffhausen in 1868.
1936The Special Pilot’s Watch of 1936 established a lasting aviation line.
1955In 1955, the Ingenieur combined Pellaton automatic winding with protection against magnetic fields.
1967The Aquatimer of 1967 moved the instrument-watch idea underwater.
1985Kurt Klaus’s crown-adjusted perpetual calendar appeared in the Da Vinci in 1985.
2000IWC joined Richemont in 2000 and remains one of the group’s watchmaking houses.

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V · Ownership

Wearing and caring

1
An automatic watch winds itself while worn. Left off the wrist for a couple of days it stops: wind it with the crown, then set the time and the date.
2
Water resistance up to 50 m means splashes and rain. Do not swim or shower with it.
3
Have the movement serviced every few years by the brand's own service or an authorised watchmaker.

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IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 42, 42.5 mm

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Movement

Dial

Set and condition

Portugieser Perpetual

The perpetual calendar

IWC since 1868

Wearing and caring

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