IWC unveils Portugieser Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition 150 Years, pre-SIHH 2018
In 2018, IWC will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its inception. In 1868, an American engineer and watchmaker, Florentine Ariosto Jones (1841?1916) made a rather surprising move. At that time, he was a director of E. Howard & Co., in Boston, America?s leading watchmaking company at that time. While all its compatriots were rushing to the West, he decided to move in an opposite direction, to travel back across the Atlantic and to settle down in Switzerland, where he founded the International Watch Company in Schaffhausen ? a company later known as IWC.
To celebrate this important Jubilee, IWC will unveil a special collection at the SIHH 2018, comprising a total of 27 limited-edition models from the Portugieser, Portofino, Pilot?s Watches and Da Vinci families? And an extra watch, outside these regular families, which will pay tribute to the iconic Pallweber pocket-watches from 1884, a watch with digital hours and minute display. A much-coveted collection from IWC Schaffhausen, the Portugieser line of watches was first unveiled to the world in 1939, in response to a request to IWC by the Portuguese navy to build large watches that could be easily readable at a glance. The collection has evolved over the years, but remains one of the strong pillars of the brand thanks to its large, pocket-watch-like size and the ability to incorporate complications.
The soon-to-be-released IWC Portugieser Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition ?150 Years? watch is one of the highlights o...
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