IWC Portuguese Hand-Wound watch, round stainless steel case (44mm diameter, 10mm thickness) with transparent caseback, black calfskin leather strap with tang buckle, black dial with silver subdial, silver hands and Arabic numerals, small hacking seconds indicator at 6 o'clock, 18 jewel Caliber 98295 manual-winding mechanical movement with 46 hour power reserve, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, water-resistant to 30 meters.
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?. 2010 the Schaffhausen-based company has revived this pivotal event in its history with the new 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. The black dial has a silver-plated seconds circle, while its sister model, with a silver-plated dial, comes with a seconds circle in ruthenium black and rose-gold-plated indices and hands. A distinctive, eye-catching feature in both 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 98295 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.
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