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reference 5454

Superb craftsmanship for connoisseurs: the Portuguese Hand-Wound. Like the watch that founded the family, it features a pocket watch movement and arched-edge front glass. Another characteristic feature is the simple dial with its railway track-style chapter ring, feuille hands and Arabic numerals. A distinctive, eye-catching feature in the totalizer is the signal red “60”.

Highlights

  • Mechanical Movement
  • Hand-wound
  • 46-hour Power Reserve
  • Small seconds
  • Diameter 44 mm

Price: $8,900 — $17,500

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CRAFTSMANSHIP FOR CONNOISSEURS

Over 70 years ago, IWC’s engineers equipped wristwatches with high-precision pocket watch movements. This marked the birth of the pocket watch-style wristwatches that would later be known as the “Portuguese”. Now the Schaffhausen-based company has revived this pivotal event in its history with the Portuguese Hand-Wound, Reference 5454. Like the watch that founded the family, it is housed in a stainless-steel case and features a pocket watch movement and arched-edge front glass. Another characteristic feature is the simple dial with its railway track-style chapter ring, feuille hands and Arabic numerals. This year, for the first time, the Portuguese Hand-Wound joins the collection in an 18-carat red gold case with a slate-coloured dial. In the stainless-steel models the dials and subdials are now tone in tone: the seconds display on the black dial is also black, whilst its sibling comes with a completely silver-plated dial, accompanied by rose-gold-plated indices and hands. A distinctive, eye-catching feature in all counters is the signal red “60”. The elegance with which this updated model bridges the gap between IWC’s past and present is evidenced by a glimpse of the IWC-manufactured calibre through the transparent sapphire-glass back, revealing the stylish features adopted from the first Jones movements. These include the elongated index and the three-quarter bridge decorated with Geneva stripes. One really could not pay a greater compliment to the original.

Variations

Details

  • Reference IW545406
  • Case Material 18-carat red gold
  • Bracelet/Strap black alligator leather strap
  • Dial Colour ardoise
  • Jewels 18
  • Price $17,500
Calibre 98295 Small

— 98300
calibre

  • Mechanical movement
  • Hand-wound
  • 46-hour power reserve when fully wound
  • Small hacking seconds
  • Glucydur®* beryllium alloy balance with high-precision adjustment cam on balance arms
  • Breguet spring
  • Three-quarter bridge
  • Sapphire glass, arched edge, antireflective coating on both sides
  • See-through sapphire-glass back
  • Water-resistant 3 bar
  • Case height 10 mm
  • Diameter 44 mm

  • *IWC Schaffhausen is not the owner of the Glucydur® trademark.

  • Reference IW545407
  • Case Material stainless steel
  • Bracelet/Strap black alligator leather strap
  • Dial Colour black
  • Jewels 18
  • Price $8,900
Calibre 98295 Small

— 98295
calibre

  • Mechanical movement
  • Hand-wound
  • 46-hour power reserve when fully wound
  • Small hacking seconds
  • Glucydur®* beryllium alloy balance with high-precision adjustment cam on balance arms
  • Breguet spring
  • Three-quarter bridge
  • Sapphire glass, arched edge, antireflective coating on both sides
  • See-through sapphire-glass back
  • Water-resistant 3 bar
  • Case height 10 mm
  • Diameter 44 mm

  • *IWC Schaffhausen is not the owner of the Glucydur® trademark.

  • Reference IW545408
  • Case Material stainless steel
  • Bracelet/Strap black alligator leather strap
  • Dial Colour silver-plated
  • Jewels 18
  • Price $8,900
Calibre 98295 Small

— 98295
calibre

  • Mechanical movement
  • Hand-wound
  • 46-hour power reserve when fully wound
  • Small hacking seconds
  • Glucydur®* beryllium alloy balance with high-precision adjustment cam on balance arms
  • Breguet spring
  • Three-quarter bridge
  • Sapphire glass, arched edge, antireflective coating on both sides
  • See-through sapphire-glass back
  • Water-resistant 3 bar
  • Case height 10 mm
  • Diameter 44 mm

  • *IWC Schaffhausen is not the owner of the Glucydur® trademark.

Watch Viewer

  • IW545406 Watch Front
  • IW545406 Watch Back
  • IW545407 Watch Front
  • IW545407 Watch Back
  • IW545408 Watch Front
  • IW545408 Watch Back

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The 98000-Calibre Family

The 98 calibre, which was manufactured from the mid-1930s for the hunter pocket watch, has been regularly improved by IWC for over 80 years. Since it is so ideally suited for large hand-wound wristwatches, it is no coincidence that it is very closely associated with the story of the Portuguese wristwatches. One of the highlights in the calibre’s history was the anniversary Portuguese wristwatch unveiled in 1993 with the 9828 calibre, which among other things featured a balance with shock-resistance. Combining an elongated index, on the one hand, with a modern Glucydur®* beryllium alloy balance on the other hand, the 98290 calibre used in the Portuguese F. A. Jones combines tradition and technological progress. Calibres from the 98000-calibre family are also found in some of the watches in the current IWC Vintage Collection as well as in the Portuguese Hand-Wound models and the Portuguese Tourbillon Hand-Wound.

*IWC Schaffhausen is not the owner of the Glucydur® trademark

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8 comments

  • phookey 1 year, 3 months ago

    my precious :-)

  • NachoM 1 year, 3 months ago

    What about this SS version with white gold indexes??? Would buy one in a second!

  • qwallace 1 year, 3 months ago

    Anyone else want a single colour dial combination? I would love to see this with a silver dial and blue numerals like the 7 days and chrono.

  • Steve Marshall 1 year, 2 months ago

    The perfect timepiece!

  • Jonnyd 11 months ago

    A truly elegant and simple design; pure understated perfection. I am a very proud to own such a watch.

  • watchinfo 9 months, 3 weeks ago

    Noticed that the new SS handwound with silver dial does not have the beautiful grey subdial... is this out of production?

  • BA211 9 months, 1 week ago

    I just picked up the IW545408. A beautiful watch. And the movement is a gem. I cant stop watching it.

  • zyxtimer 7 months ago

    Mine is the 545405 & I Love it! Truly a beautiful and very accurate
    timepiece

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