IWC Portugieser Chronograph Stainless Steel Ref. 3714
DETAILS
Manufacturer: IWC
Model: Portugieser Chronograph
Reference Number: IW371445
Movement: Automatic
Condition: Mint
Gender: Men’s/unisex
Time Period: 2000’s - present
Retail / Compare-At Price: $8,600
Our Best Price: $6,020
CALIBER
Movement: -
Caliber: 79350
Jewels: 31
CASE
Case Material: Stainless steel
Case Diameter: 40.9 mm
Thickness: 12.6 mm
Waterproof: 100 ft. / 30 m.
Water Resistance: 3 ATM
Material Bezel: Fixed slim stainless steel
Glass: Convex sapphire crystal, anti-reflective coating on both sides
Dial: Silver-plated
Dial Numerals: Applied 18K rose gold Arabic numeral hour indices and dot seconds markers, black Arabic numeral with minute/second track around the outer rim
BRACELET / STRAP
Bracelet color: Black
Bracelet Material: Leather
Clasp: Tang
Clasp material: Stainless steel
FUNCTIONS
Chronograph, hours, minutes, 30-minute subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock, subsidiary small seconds dial at 6 o’clock, 44-hour power reserve
OTHERS
Round-shaped case
Rose gold applied leaf-shaped hour/minute hands, blued stick chronograph hand, rose gold and blued sub-dial hands
Stainless steel push/pull crown with IWC marking engraved
Two round stainless steel pushers at 2 (start/stop) and 4 o’clock (reset)
Solid screw down stainless steel case back secured with four screws
Stainless steel downturned lugs
Côte de Genève perlage
This mechanism oscillates at the frequency of 28,800 vph (4 hz)
Caliber 79350 is the successor to the 79240, which it replaced around 2007. The finishing is slightly different; other than that the movements are identical. Based on the Valjoux 7750, IWC's 79350 is a highly reliable workhorse. In comparison to its base, it dropped the small seconds scale, date and day window. It is produced to IWC's exceedingly high standards and only a small portion of the standard 7750 parts are used.
Incomplete (no box, with papers)
The signature round case design of the Portugieser family was initiated in 1939 to honor Portugal's great seafaring explorers such as Batolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, and Ferdinand Magellan.