Its not the watch they need to shrink, its the price it’s too expensive. That being said it’s a beautiful piece that looks very high quality. Great review Sir 👍 Tam.

My favorite release from any brand in 2020.

@riadrasimi9958

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but the prize is a joke! 7‘500.- CHF is to much for this one!

Nice review, does the IWC logo gap to centre bug u? I feel that the gap is too big between them

@OracleTimeTV

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Personally no, but these minute aesthetic details are what make fans love or hate new watches!

What are your thoughts on the latest IWC Portugieser models?

@rayutwenty-four6753

3 жыл бұрын

Love it! Enough to make me call my AD!

@Jay-xr3sb

3 жыл бұрын

Made it to the AD but conmfirmed what I knew. The 40(.5) is too big for an all dial small bezel watch. For a 40mm it wear to large, esp in white. A true 38.5mm would be perfect for most occasions. And get it down to 11m m thick. I would have paid full retail. Usual iwc story, they have plenty of big watches already

Does this have to be a dress watch, I wonder if you could wear this in more casual outfits ? As a daily driver?

I don't understand why this thing needed to be 12.3mm thick despite having no complications and no water resistance. The Portuguese Chrono is only 13mm thick. This auto 40 really should be around 8 to 9mm thick.

@Jay-xr3sb

2 жыл бұрын

Because, they are being forced to make their own movement because ETA doesn't want to sell thier movements outside of swatch. This mean they can call themselves in house but that doesn't make them the best or thinnest yet. A true 38-39mm version at 10-11mm then I would take it.

@steelsteez6118

Жыл бұрын

that would be awesome if it was 8 to 9mm thick.

@yaakovhassoun8965

10 ай бұрын

12.3 mm is not really a thick watch. when you're going into the 8mm range you're starting to look at 'thin' watches. This watches bring a huge price increase because of the complication of designing movements that are thinner. but I tried it on and it looks perfectly proportional. so even though you're right it could have been thinner I don't think it makes it a bad choice.

2:54 - So, is this movement just an ETA clone, but a very good one? I didn’t understand this.

@thomasharrick

Жыл бұрын

I know this is late - but I think what they meant is IWC actually did an in house movement with meaningful upgrades, whereas other manufacturers are copying ETA's design, dressing it up, and making it "in house".

What's the lug-to-lug measurement?

@tfinneman

2 жыл бұрын

I've read that the lug-to-lug measurement is 48.5mm.

Do you know if you hand wind the 40mm auto counter-clockwise? I was told that it does, but not sure. Thank you.

@OracleTimeTV

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good question. Unfortunately we didn't wind up the watches when we had them, we just spent most of the time admiring the pellaton winding system! We will get in touch with someone at IWC however and come back to asap!

@rgama78

3 жыл бұрын

@@OracleTimeTV It is a beautiful and innovative winding system. Thank you for the response!

@OracleTimeTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@rgama78 No problem Richard. We've double checked and it winds clockwise.

@kmc2317

3 жыл бұрын

I acquired one myself and I was told by the agent that the Portugieser 40 winds counter clockwise. I didn't believe it at first but I found it to be true the first time I let the power reserve run down to zero. Doing clockwise did nothing even after more than 10 rotations. After 5 or so counterclockwise winding, the seconds hand started moving. Cheers!

@michaelbm6287

3 жыл бұрын

@@OracleTimeTV The watch winds counterclockwise. At first I thought the winding mechanism was faulty, so my AD contacted IWC to double check - they confirmed it is the only model to wind in counterclockwise fashion. A few twists in this direction confirms this. Very odd if you ask me - IWC ought to state this in the instruction manual.

I thought the original Portugieser 325 is 43mm?

@OracleTimeTV

3 жыл бұрын

The original reference was sized at 42mm.

@jameshsu2558

3 жыл бұрын

@@OracleTimeTV at 1:00 you said the original was 38mm... Perhaps you want to correct it somehow.

@sergezerkin

3 жыл бұрын

James Hsu they never do .. once you inform them about their nonsense they never say like I am sorry for misinforming you and making a mistake they just act like you don’t exist and what you say was never said

@OracleTimeTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@sergezerkin I bet you're fun at parties ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@OracleTimeTV

3 жыл бұрын

@@sergezerkin Seriously though, it is an error but we've spent hours producing, shooting and editing this video and believe it has value despite the small error. Hopefully taking on-board comments like James' means we can continue to up our content game.

want, however i am afraid my wife will leave me after my recent spending ;)

@thomass1891

3 жыл бұрын

grow some balls and show her what time it is, no pun intended.

@ir0n2541

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomass1891 lol

Its simple, not too expensive,not too cheap, a beautiful, quality, entry level watch to the luxury watches.

@mashrurmuhammed9659

3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say IWC is a entry level brand

@an_kan

3 жыл бұрын

@@mashrurmuhammed9659 I am saying for this exact model that due to the fact that is not too expensive, belongs to the entry level (in terms of price) of luxury watches. IWC in general of course is not an entry level brand with watches that cost more than 150.000€ and big historical models such as the portugieser.

@mashrurmuhammed9659

3 жыл бұрын

@@an_kan hmmm at nearly €7500 in my opinion I wouldn't say it's entry level dress watch, fair to say mid range in the luxury market with the high ones being your Royal Oaks and the entry levels being your Omega DeVille's . Good watch anyway

@an_kan

3 жыл бұрын

@@mashrurmuhammed9659 of course 7500€ is a big amount of money for a watch. But its very difficult to find a watch under 5000€ that could be called "a luxury watch".

@mashrurmuhammed9659

3 жыл бұрын

@@an_kan I think our definitions of luxury watches are very different, you can buy a Rolex Oyster Perpetual for less than 5k, would you not say that's a luxury watch?

Nice direction they are heading to. But it is still too big. They need to shrink down all of their watches to 36-37mm and pilots to 40-42mm. Their watches are too thick as well. They need to update and refine their movement and preferably ditch the auto wind module to decrease the overal thickness even further. And I have not even started about the accuracy and price of these watches. This brand has a lot of issues that have been left untackled for many years now. I love their design but realisticly i don't see my self owning an IWC ever.

@sergezerkin

3 жыл бұрын

i every on every point. glashutte can make the same watch but 2mm thinner so why cant they ?

you wear a watch on your wrist.

@OracleTimeTV

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Alen, yes you do..

Still way too big. They need to get this one down to 38mm and add a power reserve indicator then it would be perfect. Who buys these massive dress watches?

@OracleTimeTV

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure 40mm is considered massive but I tend to agree, 38mm would be a sweet spot.

@Jay-xr3sb

3 жыл бұрын

@@OracleTimeTV 40mm for a sports watch with a thick bezel...ie diver. Even 38mm would wear big enough as its all dial. It would probably still have a larger dial face that a diver at 41mm