The New Hand-Wound IWC Portugieser Tourbillon Day & Night, A Fun Story Of How One Small Idea Can Turn Into Something Much Bigger

2024-04-12

IWC didn't shy away from releasing a lot of watches this year. Unlike a brand like Rolex, which releases a lot of SKUs spread across its wide catalog of collections, IWC is often much more measured in its approach – an appropriate way to describe a Swiss-German brand on pretty much any day of the week.

Last year, we got the Ingenieur in only a few different variants. This year, the brand stepped on the gas with a number of fantastic Portugiesers in eye-catching and beautiful color combinations. One of those watches was the mind-bending, complex Eternal Calendar. Most of the mainstays (the perpetual calendar, chronograph, and time-only models) come in all the dial colors. But the one that stood out to me as the most surprising (and one of the most interesting) was one that stood alone: the only tourbillon in the new Portugieser lineup. You can get it in any color you want, as long as it’s black (and gold).

The new Portugieser Hand-Wound Tourbillon Day and Night follows in a long line of Portugiesers with tourbillons. The collection itself is beloved by a lot of watch folks and often is the non-watch newcomer's entrée into IWC. It's a classic design, simple yet bold, with enough wrist presence to be eye-catching but not overbearing. The case has been slightly reworked, with a double glassbox crystal at the front and back. At 42.4mm by 10.8mm, it is not small – IWC is certainly not afraid of using size to catch attention or to try new technical achievements – but it's not too big to be unwearable.

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