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Watches And Wonders 2024: IWC Prepares The Luxury UK Replica IWC Portugieser Line Watches For Eternity

IWC Schaffhausen is relaunching its entire Portugieser collection and adds three new dial colors at Watches & Wonders 2024. Hit the play button for a quick introduction:

The horological headliner is undoubtedly the new perfect replica IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar watches (Ref. IW505701), a watch that can calculate leap years correctly until at least the year 3999 (sinceit has not yet been officially decided whether the year 4000 will be a leap year or not).

A newly engineered 400-years gear ensures that the calendar automatically skips three leap years over four centuries – an event which will occur for the first time in the year 2100. Another key feature of this new AAA online fake watches is the extremely precise moon phase display: Thanks to a newly developed reduction gear, the brand’s typical Double Moon phase display will only deviate from the moon’s orbit by one day after 45 million years.

The IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar replica watches for men features a 44.4-mm platinum case. The extensive use of glass elements such as a glass dial and double box-glass sapphire crystals help to better showcase the mechanism. Movement inside is the newly developed IWC-manufactured 52640 caliber, which features the brand’s Pellaton winding system and builds up a power reserve of seven days (168 hours) in the two barrels. Parts of the winding system that are subject to extremely high stresses are manufactured using zirconium oxide ceramic. Like all new Portugieser models, the Portugieser Eternal Calendar is fitted with a finely crafted curved leather strap from Santoni, a renowned Italian manufacturer of luxury shoes and leather accessories.

“With the new Portugieser Eternal Calendar, we now venture further than ever before, touching the limits of eternity. Our first secular perpetual calendar automatically takes into account the Gregorian calendar’s complex leap-year exception rules by skipping the leap year three times over 400 years. True to the spirit of engineers who are always pushing the boundaries, we have also fitted this technical marvel with a moon phase display that will only deviate from the moon’s orbit by one day after 45 million years.”

Chris Grainger-Herr, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen

Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 44

IWC is also launching the completely re-engineered Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 44 at Watches and Wonders in Geneva. Available in four versions, the case construction has been fully reworked and refined with a more slender case ring, combined with the use of double box-glass sapphire crystals on the front and the back. All high quality copy watches are powered by the IWC-manufactured 52616 caliber with a Pellaton winding system and a power reserve of seven days. The calendar is mechanically programmed for a cycle of four years. In addition to recognizing the different lengths of the months, it automatically inserts a leap day every four years at the end of February. The mechanical program only requires a minor adjustment in centuries divisible by 100 when the leap year is skipped, for example, in 2100 or 2200.

The Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 44 (Ref. IW503703) features an 18-carat white gold case, a Horizon blue dial, and rhodium-plated hands and appliques. It is fitted with a gradient light-blue calfskin strap from Santoni. The Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 44 (Ref. IW503704) has an 18-carat white gold case, a Dune colored dial, and gold-plated hands, and gold appliques. It is combined with a black alligator leather strap from Santoni. The Ref. IW503702 boasts a case made of 18-carat Armor Gold, an Obsidian black dial, gold-plated hands, and gold appliques. According to IWC, Armor Gold is considerably harder and more wear-resistant than conventional 5N gold, thanks to an improved microstructure.

This model is fitted with a black alligator leather strap from Santoni. Ref. IW503701 comes with an 18-carat Armor Gold case, a silverplated dial, gold-plated hands, and gold appliques. This fourth cheap replica watches is fitted with a brown alligator leather strap, also provided from Santoni.

Portugieser Hand-Wound Tourbillon Day & Night

The 42.4-mm Portugieser Hand-Wound Tourbillon Day & Night (Ref. IW545901) comes with a polished and brushed 18-carat Armor Gold case, gold-plated hands, and gold appliques. The flying minute tourbillon at 6 o’clock consists of 56 individual parts, weighing 0.675 grams in total. The pallet lever and escape wheel are made of silicon and treated with a special diamond coating.

This Diamond Shell technology reduces friction and improves the flow of energy in the movement (Cal. 81925), contributing to the movement’s power reserve of 84 hours. Thanks to the integrated tourbillon stop, the mechanism can be brought to a complete stop and the top replica watches therefore set with down-to-the-second accuracy.

Portugieser Automatic 42 and Portugieser Automatic 40

These 1:1 2024 super clone watches, too, feature a completely re-engineered case construction with a slender side profile and double box-glass sapphire crystals. Larger aperture sapphire crystals on the back showcase the IWC-manufactured movements from the 52000 and 82000 caliber families, both featuring Pellaton winding systems with ceramic components. The new design codes with the dial colors Horizon Blue, Obsidian, and Dune are also available here for selected models. The Portugieser Automatic, which not only launched the Portugieser into the new millennia, but also introduced the brand’s automatic movement with 7-day power reserve in 2000, has the power reserve indicator at 3 o’clock and the small seconds at 9 o’clock.

First introduced to the collection in 2020, the Swiss movements replica IWC Portugieser Automatic 40 watches (Ref. IW3584) offers a more compact case size of 40 millimeters and a dial with the small seconds at 6 o’clock and no date window. Both models (Ref. IW358401 with 18-carat 5N gold case and IW358402 with 18-carat white gold case) are powered by the IWC-manufactured 82200 caliber with some parts made of zirconium oxide ceramic. The automatic Pellaton winding system builds up a power reserve of 60 hours.

Portugieser Chronograph

The three new dial colors, Horizon blue, Obsidian, and Dune, can also be found in the 41-mm chronograph model. The first best fake watches (Ref. IW371626) features a Horizon blue dial in combination with an 18-carat white gold case and a blue calfskin strap. The second boasts an Obsidian dial (Ref. IW371625), an 18-carat 5N gold case, and a black alligator leather strap from Santoni.

The third addition (Ref. IW371624) comes with a Dune colored dial, a stainless steel case, and a black alligator leather strap. The models are powered by IWC’s 69355 caliber with column-wheel and 46-hour power reserve.

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UK Swiss Made Luxury Replica Patek Philippe Aquanaut Watches: The Adventurer Dials It Down A Notch

From poor relation… to superstar? Cheap replica Patek Philippe’s Aquanaut watches is causing a stir among collectors, investors and auction houses. A closer look at a model that has enjoyed a singular trajectory.

The Aquanaut is said to have originally been created for one of Saudi Arabia’s army corps. Other sources cite the 1997 regime in Libya, with 1,000 of these AAA UK fake watches also dedicated to the army. For some unknown reason, this order was produced by Patek Philippe, yet never delivered. Hence the appearance, between 1996 and 1997, of this batch of 1,000 units with strong military connotations, which nevertheless had to be sold…

This military DNA is reflected in the dial’s domed cut-outs, reminiscent of a grenade casing. Its operational vocation is confirmed by a rubber strap. This was a first for perfect Patek Philippe replica watches, even if Hublot had already been pioneering the idea for almost 20 years.

Pivotal year

The 1996 launch year is not insignificant, as it was then that 1:1 Patek Philippe copy watches inaugurated the huge Manufacture that still exists today, bringing together the eight previous Geneva sites under one roof. Philippe Stern, the company President at the time, explains in retrospect that “this greatly increased our reputation and demand duly followed”.

The Patek Philippe Aquanaut replica watches for sale benefited from this effect, as a youthful timepiece, supported by an ultra-modern Manufacture and ideal for attracting a new clientele; notwithstanding the fact that Philippe Stern shares that “we envisioned it as a watch for young people, but they had a hard time acquiring it in the first year, because all the older, well-established collectors immediately swept up what was available, regarding it as the perfect everyday watch.”

The momentum was confirmed by a new name associated with the Manufacture, namely Philippe Stern’s son Thierry Stern who had just joined the family firm in Geneva. He took the helm of the brand in 2009 and has always been a fervent supporter of the Patek Philippe Aquanaut super clone watches online, “a sports watch that can be worn anywhere, and that’s exactly what I like”.

Casting a shadow

The Aquanaut’s early years were nonetheless spent in the shadow of its elder sibling, the Patek Philippe Nautilus replica watches with Swiss movements. While the two admittedly have in common the fact that they were supervised by Gérald Buchs, who joined Patek Philippe in 1969 and became Creative Director in the 1990s, that’s where the comparison ends: the Nautilus (1976) is the work of Gérald Genta, while the Aquanaut (1996) is a pure in-house creation, even though the aesthetic similarities are clearly apparent. 

Representing an unusual case within the watch industry, the Aquanaut immediately established its aesthetic codes: a dial and strap with the same textured motif, Arabic numerals, a polished bezel, three central hands and a day-date display at 3 o’clock enlivening almost all interpretations in the initial years. Once again, there is an instant connection with the Nautilus, as the first versions shared almost identical diameters and above all the same movement: Caliber 330 SC – with the last two letters referring to the central seconds hand.

This first-generation Patek Philippe Aquanaut fake watches site bears a simple reference number: 5060. It covers the first two years of its life. As early as 1998, Patek Philippe realized the need to make its Aquanaut more distinctive, to bring it out of the shadow of its predecessor. A new reference, the 5064, was designed for this purpose. It diversified to encompass four diameters (from 29.5mm to 38.8mm) and is equipped with four calibers (two quartz, two mechanical). Patek Philippe also tried out a gold version and even a gold bracelet fitted on the 1999 collections.

Rowing against the fashion tide

This creative approach may come as a surprise, as in the late 1990s, between the Royal Oak Offshore and the new Panerai, the trend was very much for ultra-massive, showy tool best quality replica watches. Oversize was definitely in, yet for its Aquanaut, Patek Philippe decided to go in the exact opposite direction. Diameters were reduced and variations appeared in gold, while others were gemset. This proved a wise choice, according to an informed collector: “Most XXL pieces from the late 1990s have not aged well, while these early Aquanauts are still relevant, elegant and wearable today.” 

Patek Philippe didn’t develop the next model until 2004, in the form of three ladies’ variations with gemset bezels. The next step was a new movement: Caliber 324 SC. Introduced in 2008, it represents the second great generation of Aquanaut movements, which it powered for over 15 years. The third generation, still in force, beats mainly to the rhythm of the 26-330 SC.

A bright future

Today, the Aquanaut range comprises 20 different references. That’s equivalent to all the references produced between 1997 and 2017, a sign that Patek Philippe is relying more and more on its Patek Philippe Aquanaut replica watches wholesale. Nevertheless, this timepiece remains subject to an “inbetween”positioning: not quite recent, but not yet truly “vintage”.

Many admit that its current price is indexed to that of the Nautilus, meaning excessively high and disconnected from the market. Within this speculative “bubble”, second-hand models sometimes sell for six times the boutique price. “For this reason, it makes no sense to buy second-hand,” continues this collector. “The Aquanaut has found its own audience, more adventurous than that of the Nautilus. It is gradually becoming a classic and a safe-haven investment, yet not at any price.”