IWC Portofino Perpetual Calendar IW344601 Review

The Portofino series came out in 1984. The name is directly taken from the word Portofino, which refers to the famous tourist seaport town east of the Riglian coast in northwest Italy, so the watch is often regarded as, since Bring a casual and casual Mediterranean life atmosphere. Portofino’s simple design is inherited from the classic round shape of IWC pocket watches. The final watch’s interpretation of classic, restrained and elegant is the fundamental reason why many watch lovers love Portofino watches. Best luxury IWC Portofino clone watches online, buy replica watches at firstwatchclone.co.

After many years, the brand has brought back the perpetual calendar as a major complication for Portofino. The two famous combinations of perpetual calendar and Portofino can be traced back to the 1990s, Portofino ROMANA watch, model 2050. At that time, the watch used the Jaeger-LeCoultre 849 movement with manual winding, which combined the one-button adjustment perpetual calendar module developed by the legendary watchmaker Kurt Klaus. Finally, the watch had a diameter of 36 mm and a thickness of 6.5 mm. One of the thinnest perpetual calendar watches at the time.

The performance of the whole watch in terms of size, with a diameter of 40 mm and a thickness of 12.7 mm, can be said to be very good. It is also the smallest perpetual calendar watch among the models currently on sale by IWC. The small size allows it to not only continue the elegant style of the Portofino series, but also provide a good wearing experience. Portofino’s narrow bezel is also an iconic design, which makes people feel that the dial is very open at first glance, especially for this silver and white dial, with the fully polished willow-leaf hands and After the three-dimensional time scale, it adds a sense of luxury to the watch.

When we look at the Portofino perpetual calendar, it uses three sub-dials, which are actually more concise and harmonious. The date sub-dial is at 3 o'clock, the month is displayed at 6 o'clock, and the week is displayed at 9 o'clock. A small leap year indicator is also set in the date sub-dial, which will turn into a red "L" when a leap year arrives. On the sub-dial at 6 o'clock, under the background of the starry blue night sky, IWC also integrated the precise moon phase display and month display. Although there is no iconic digital year display window, the overall readability is excellent. At the same time, no matter the details or the overall surface of the dial, it reveals exquisiteness everywhere and is durable.