IWC Portugieser Collection goes BIG with 45m year moonphase

These days, IWC is known for its pilot's watches, involvement with motorsports and its championing of ceramic watch cases - it's a high-tech, sporty and maximalist brand. Or is it? IWC has a dual character; it's also a brand known for restrained, classical design and beautiful yet functional complications. This year, at Watches & Wonders, it's that more classical side to the Schaffhausen firm's character that's been allowed to shine, with IWC unveiling a new range of Portugiesers - including one with a calendar that theoretically only needs to be adjusted once every 45 million years. We're not kidding.

Andrew had the chance to meet with IWC CEO Christoph Grainger-Herr in Zürich ahead of Watches & Wonders to chat about Kurt Klaus and Günter Blümlein's enduring influence on the brand as well as about IWC's engineering DNA and how these new Portugiesers epitomise the brand's dual character. Let's dive in then, shall we?

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