Essential Facts About Vintage Swiss Timepieces

By Humberto Braga


Imprinted with the IWC logo, the Portuguese Vintage Collection Limited Edition watch has a black alligator leather wrist band along with a platinum casing.

This Portuguese hand-wound can be a 98295 calibre using a two.5 Hz frequency. It also capabilities the exclusive huge screw balance and a Breguet spring.

It has Arabic hour markers and minute markers along with a smaller circle inside the centre with the watch that separates the mid-point of the dial.

This Vintage Collection watch also exhibits the renowned "railway track" design that was in vogue during that time.

The face glass of the watch is convex and is reminiscent of the older Portuguese watches. The dial is round and silver-plated as well as the seconds dial is little and situated in the bottom with the face.

The 44 millimeter case has a ridged bezel related to the older models of Portuguese watches. It has the most effective of modern technologies, despite its historically inspired features and appearance. The bridge has a silver and nickel plating and is decorated with Geneva stripes and round graining.

This watch is hand-wound and can give a power reserve of 46 hours when totally wound. Its anti-reflective coating on both sides provides you with an unhindered viewing of the time on the watch. The watch is resistant to water up to 3-bar.

The founder of these renowned premium Swiss watches was Mr. F.A. Jones. He had a vision of bringing together the exquisite Swiss craftsmanship and America's state-of-art technologies for creating watches that were par excellence. He gave shape to his dreams and aspirations by founding International Watch Organization in East Switzerland in 1868 and soon conquered the globe like no other watch manufacturer.

Jones protected the high standard of mechanical construction and accuracy of time in his watches. To this day, his company has maintained this high standard of good quality and has turn into world-famous and synonymous with luxury, high finish watches.




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