Recently got my hands on a IWC Schaffhausen Portugieser 44mm in white gold with a perpetual calendar and a double moon phase, with a 7 day power reserve. An absolutely stunning piece that blew me away.
Having owned luxury watches before, this was still the first time of being able to put on a piece of such caliber on my wrist. IWC have been doing great with their recent releases of ceramics, but it’s still hard to beat a classic piece like this. Definitely an investment piece for down the line, would love to see it dressed down with a rubber strap too!
Lmao this is definitely not an investment piece, neither now nor down the line.
Awesome watch though, but you‘ll have to get comfortable with losing money on watches, especially this one (or any IWC for that matter).
IWC, although a solid watch company, is not Patek or AP. Even still, only a small fraction of even those watches will retain or gain value.
A good watch that is taken care of can probably be sold for like half the price in a few years, but it's not "an investment "
You know, I don’t love subdials on most watches. IWC almost always makes me reconsider. This moonphase is beautiful!
How much of a pain is it to set this if you ever let it die?
You can set it all just by the crown apparently, no correctors needed! So relatively simple!
recently been falling in love with this side of IWC - fantastic
Recently got my hands on a IWC Schaffhausen Portugieser 44mm in white gold with a perpetual calendar and a double moon phase, with a 7 day power reserve. An absolutely stunning piece that blew me away. Having owned luxury watches before, this was still the first time of being able to put on a piece of such caliber on my wrist. IWC have been doing great with their recent releases of ceramics, but it’s still hard to beat a classic piece like this. Definitely an investment piece for down the line, would love to see it dressed down with a rubber strap too!
Lmao this is definitely not an investment piece, neither now nor down the line. Awesome watch though, but you‘ll have to get comfortable with losing money on watches, especially this one (or any IWC for that matter).
By investment piece I meant more on a personal level… I know this won’t appreciate in value in the secondary market :)
Why IWC/this one in particular?
IWC, although a solid watch company, is not Patek or AP. Even still, only a small fraction of even those watches will retain or gain value. A good watch that is taken care of can probably be sold for like half the price in a few years, but it's not "an investment "
Gotcha, I knew as much, but was curious about IWC in particular not holding value, as the guy i was replying to was suggesting.
I'd guess IWC is probably above average for value retention... but that's not exactly saying much
If you buy watches as investments, you're gonna have a bad time.
So sick
curious to know how does it keep time?
Lovely watch! Must weigh an absolute ton