Geneva watch repair – Men’s Watches Guide: IWC Portuguese Perpetual Calendar
Portuguese Perpetual Calendar is an automatic winding mechanical using the IWC Caliber 50611 with 7-day autonomy and power reserve. It is hand finished with 66 jewels and runs at 18,800 vph.
The rotor comes in yellow gold with the “Probus Scafusia” seal. The functions include hour, minute, small seconds and perpetual calendar which features date, day, month, year and moonphase.
The three piece 18K pink-gold or yellow-gold, or platinum (limited to 250 pieces) case comes with a diameter of 44.2mm at a thickness of 15.75mm.
With curved sapphire crystal and a pink-gold-plated crown, the back is fastened by 6 screws displaying the movement via a sapphire crystal. It is water resistant to 3atm (30m).
Taking cue from the 18k pink gold with black dial, it is equipped with power reserve sector argente and the subdials are decorated with circular beads and embossed with dore Arabic numerals along with hollowed minute track.
All these are rhodium-plated and come with pink-gold leaf-style hands. The indications are as follows: the date and power reserve sits at 3, with the month at 8.
The 4-digit year lies between 7 and 8 with small seconds and day at 9. The moonphase which is of the Northern and Southern Hemisphere sits at 12.
It has hand-stitched crocodile leather strap with double fold-over clasp finished in matching metal. There are also yellow gold with silvered dial or in platinum with silvered dial, and is limited to 250 pieces.
More Information: IWC
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Sunday, January 06, 2008 (Hindustan Times)
Australian batsman Andrew Symonds (L) watches as Harbhajan Singh (C) arrive to bowl on the final day of the second Test match against at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday, January 6, 2008.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
Japan’s new rich party like it’s 1989 (Straits Times)
TOKYO – THEY customise the headrests of their Rolls-Royces with ‘Harry Potter writing,’ sip martinis poured over diamonds and buy US$130,000 (S$186,290) watches on a whim.
Source: www.straitstimes.com
Helix railroad (The Celina Record)
Paul Brown watches as a trolley car races up a rare double helix train layout, reaches the top and then zips down to the bottom while the click and clack echoes in the room. The double helix looks something like an immensely long ladder twisted into a helix, or coil.
Source: www.celinarecord.com
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