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Why IWC Made This Bizarre Perpetual Calendar Watch | Watchfinder & Co.

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The watchmaker IWC has had a long affinity with the perpetual calendar. This most righteous of complications, it demonstrates a fundamental understanding of high watchmaking that few companies have been able to master to the same degree as IWC. It’s hallowed, it’s traditional, it’s sacred-and IWC has gone and completely changed it.
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@watchfinder 10 месяцев назад

We know you want more watches…. click here: linktr.ee/watchfinder

@patrick_jane2164 4 года назад

Every time I look at an IWC, my hearts aches of its beauty But boy, this watch is the most beautiful IWC I've ever seen It is so beautiful, it even - dare I say it - give A.Lange a run for its money

@SnazzyZubloids 4 года назад

Not sure I'd go so far as to compare this to a Langematik Perpetual, but it is definitely a looker. And it would be simply unfair to compare it to a Datograph Perpetual.

@patrick_jane2164 4 года назад

@@SnazzyZubloids it is sure not fair. What I meant is that the design language and looks are similar to Lange's. As long as you don't flip the watch of course

@kaspermj 4 года назад

I wouldn't go that far. Lange is leaps ahead when compared. At least I think so. But I really really would like to get a IWC Portuguese. But the size is holding me back. They are just so damn big.

@jdstarek 4 года назад

Wow, that is high praise. But I agree.

@JLchevz 4 года назад

sure thing

@geertbrenninkmeyer1118 4 года назад

Listening to Watchfinder is like listening to a piece of fine classical music

@harismechy92 4 года назад

I listen to watchfinder's videos as my bedtime story. Now i can sleep with ease.

@johncaron4888 3 года назад

Funny!

@jumboJetPilot 4 года назад

What’s even more impressive about IWC’s perpetual calendars is that unlike others, there are no pushbutton correctors on the case band. Rather, the movement is “mechanically programmed” for all of the irregularities that it will ever encounter except for quadracentennial non-leap years.

@flakgun153 Год назад

That's a bad thing. It makes it a pain in the ass to set the time if you haven't used it in a while

@dgdave2673 6 месяцев назад

How do you set a watch that has stopped then?

@al_zombee6851 3 месяца назад

@@dgdave2673 setting it by the crwon? wydm ??

@Rodrigoxki 4 года назад

For me, the most beautiful luxury watch out there. Hope I can make my way into this range someday. Would proudly use it as a Portuguese myself!

@CJ-rb3do 4 года назад

These are grail stuff. IWC knocks these out of the park with ease. Thanks for showcasing one of my favorite brands.

@alexoliver2608 4 года назад

I wish I was as good as explaining anything as you are explaining this in-depth and complicated. Every video I learn something new.

@michelemariotti8198 4 года назад

I wonder how frequently you need to service this bad boy

@dingmingzou9866 4 года назад

the warm tone from the rose gold metal accommodate the blue dials so amazingly well

@avyj7580 4 года назад

sometimes the facts are more amazing than the watches shown

@tommylobotommy 4 года назад

if only I could afford it. The older version is just simply stunning...

@AntoineThisdale 4 года назад

Thank you for showcasing some IWC material! I'd still love to see some UpClose and Personal BigPilot love.

@scott7008 4 года назад

I have a IWC Pilot, its a gem, its a quirky and difficult to handle, but I still love it. I look at it and think, this is special, and nobody understands my choice, and you, my dear IWC are a piece of kit, in my eyes. Only another watch freak will understand. If you want to make a statement buy a Rolex like mine. Nobody really knows IWC, but you, you the wearer. You are a collector. But that possibly the point. My next is the Lange & Sohne. Nobody will understand that either. But i will. Im in dream land. So ill live in my watch dream. Ill buy one, then feel frustrated. Because nobody really understands. But isnt that the point....ohhh dear, its a drug

@deebee4468 4 года назад

Is that a cut on the left index finger? Take care, talking hands man!

@TheVic256 4 года назад

Wow, those IWCs are stunning!

@Cervando 4 года назад

Really nice, but I can't help thinking I would prefer a day display to a leap year one, as the date 29th February would inform you it was a leap year anyhow.

@Johngle 4 года назад

Qwerty 370 you ok?

@iTzZM7TRF 4 года назад

@Qwerty 370 yo chill

@ivanhowlett4907 4 года назад

Qwerty 370 Calm down, you are heading for a breakdown. Also it’s a leap YEAR not a your.

@paulyoung4392 4 года назад

Qwerty 370. Make sure you drink a herbal tea 3 times a day.

@Cervando 4 года назад

@Qwerty 370 Yes I realise that asshole. But a complication that is useful every day is much better than one that only matters once every 4 years...

@HamletNOR 4 года назад

As someone who has the perpetual, let me say thank you for finally making a video of it. I'm glad the day finally came, and what a great video once again! Well done!

@doelcam1302 4 года назад

Oh my !!! This guy takes me to realms otherwise unheard and unseen by me . This guy is SOOOOO the voice of Watchfinder . If’n he ever leaves this channel you’ll find me calling up from the warmer regions of the death experience , for just one more guide to watches , intoned by our hypnotic narrator .

@Bierkameel 4 года назад

I absolutely hate the cut off 12 at the top, so I will buy a G-shock instead.

@lennardrees567 4 года назад

Bierkameel Hahahaha good one

@Blue_3rd 4 года назад

Nice one!

@MostafaElSakari 4 года назад

Lol

@zigamikeli7233 4 года назад

man now that i see it... i have to agree hahaha

@kdou6870 4 года назад

I felt the same but for the 6 at the bottom. Went ahead and bought an MVMT instead.

@TheSlayerZach 4 года назад

Next time I've got about 20k laying around I'll pick one up

@giovannialtamore Год назад

You’ll need to double that

@chinchinche 4 года назад

It's a good day when watchfinder releases a new video.

@MightyMonk360 2 года назад

Well detailed and informative video I watched it through because who doesn’t appreciate good information in a time where it’s taken for granted.

@topelzmrzovalnik 4 года назад

This has become ine of my favourite channels and i cant even afford a single watch youre presenting.

@aromaticsnail 4 года назад

A perpetual calendar without the indication of the day of the week just looks incomplete

@planetdee3587 4 года назад

Agreed. In order of importance is the date, then day, then month and last the year.

@pintthereof4598 4 года назад

Venus Dee then leap year I would add.

@1061shrink1061 3 года назад

The IWC perpetual is probably my grail watch, and it's the one i'll never own. Not because of cost (although that is a slight issue) but because it's simply too huge! at over 44mm it would look absolutely bizarre on me. Other makers (JLC and AP etc) seem to be able to fit an auto perpetual into a much smaller case, i feel IWC could have made this work on the smaller 41mm portugese case. Sadly one i'll have to miss out on!

@vintagedigital108 Год назад

Check the latest potofino perpetual calendar 40.

@Heilsberghexe 4 года назад

Thank you so much for the informative review! I was always intrigued by the full year on the dial, and therefore bought the IWC GST Perpetual Calendar Chronograph in Titanium this summer: Beautiful dial, precise clockwork, easy to manage the setting and lightweight as well. These pre-owned IWC PC’s are not cheap nowadays, but a lot of value for money.

@SnazzyZubloids 4 года назад

I'd love to see his review of IWC's perpetual calendar chronograph minute repeater a.k.a. the Portugieser Grande Complication.

@emiliano79000 4 года назад

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@SnazzyZubloids 4 года назад

@@emiliano79000 Good find. I hadn't realized he'd already gotten his hands on it.

@MohammadAWaly 4 года назад

The Portugieser perpetual calendar is a grail of mine. For now I enjoy my Breitling Navitimer 1461, I’d love a video on that! I’d even lend you mine if you want

@tarquesh 4 года назад

IWC made great watches. The Portugeuser perpetual calendar is my favorite, and not the pilot perpetual calendar. I like the golden one with white dial.

@kizichillin777 4 года назад

Mesmeric. It warms the heart of this lowly poet.

@ariespinal 4 года назад

Can you start including prices please..I know if you gotta ask you can't afford it.

@dimelrussell7874 4 года назад

That’s an absolutely beautifully color contrast right there. What a timepiece.

@josea6414 4 года назад

IWC.. my favorite watch brand. Maker of perfectly engineered and functionally beautiful watches.. at any price point. I would like to have this particular model some day...

@ritikkarkera1330 4 года назад

Too early for 'Too Poor' comments...

@sky173 4 года назад

lol

@A.I.9000 4 года назад

IWC was just elevated by this review. What are they waiting for? Hire the man forthwith!

@pedrosa6356 4 года назад

I would like to see a comparison between Patek annual calendars. I love particularly the 5205-013

@tomsmyth5138 4 года назад

Why did they cut the 12????? Just don’t put it on there if there isn’t any space!!!

@midnightfun1277 4 года назад

Tom Smyth like how they did not include the numbee 6. But its still a very very sexy watch.

@kosmosyche 4 года назад

I am very fond of this design actually. I mean, there are so many different and very simple adjustments to a watch design a rational watchmaker would have done to avoid cutting 12 and 6, so that my only explanation they were aiming for such a reaction. Why did they do it?

@doctortimepmd3339 4 года назад

the moon phase is a must..imo

@yutian5884 4 года назад

Best part about buying perpetual calendars is that there are no fakes of these movements being made.

@smashexentertainment676 4 года назад

There are fakes that look like some complicated watches, but don't have the real functions. So unless you try, you'll never know. For example copies of Sky Dweller don't have any bezel controller, ofc annual calendar and most other features, but they still look pretty convincing. Until you pull out that crown.

@yutian5884 4 года назад

@@smashexentertainment676 What's the point in that? Lie to the world and convince yourself that it's a real Rolex?

@smashexentertainment676 4 года назад

@@yutian5884 idk. Some people intentionally buy fakes. I don't understand that. 🙄

@nekeke1 4 года назад

Bravo!, IWC. AMAZING!

@A.R.B.J. 4 года назад

The colors are striking.

@rehabgillani5234 4 года назад

IWC may have found the best possible colour combination with these watches.

@Tides-of-Time-and-Space 4 года назад

I'd really like to see a video on the Audemars Piguet Grande Complication. Either of them will do!

@billclifton731 4 года назад

stunning macro shots and beautiful watches

@shotbydmitry 4 года назад

Remarkable macro shots! And great, inspiring story as well.

@praveenmathews6595 3 года назад

It's a beautiful watch but odd that the "12" numeral is cut-off for a watch at this price point.

@solicitor6268 4 года назад

Both beautiful, if I had to choose a favourite it would be the more traditional design.

@AbdulRWatches 4 года назад

that might be the best perpetual calendar for symmetry lovers and OCD watch enthusiast :D

@pattrick2101 4 года назад

The 12 and 6 are cut off, no ocd person would ever buy that :) but for everything else you are right

@daniel635biturbo 4 года назад

Nice video a always, watching this wearing a Seiko Premier Kinetic Perpetual. A very much cheaper and very different watch. I really love hand wound and automatics, and own several of them. But the fascination when waking up the Seiko 7D48-0AA0 from it's sleep mode, and watching the hands setting them selves correct never gets old. Bought the watch in 2008, and have never set the date or year, or for that matter changed battery, always 100% reliable. Maybe the Lexus of watches.

@commentjedi 4 года назад

Just love em both❣ But then the prices......ah well. I'll wait for the Parnis versions

@choulebanon8120 2 года назад

So you filmed on November 23rd and published on December 11th. I was paying attention

@IndeedBeni 4 года назад

The hue of blue on those dials is really pretty...

@happywanderer5632 4 года назад

Can you please review the MeisterSinger range of single hand watches? Thanks!

@brysoga 4 года назад

I hear this line all the time "not having to adjust the watch for many many years so long as it's wound" and it annoys me because it is an utter lie. The watch will still need adjusting twice a year for daylight savings time.

@pintthereof4598 4 года назад

brysoga that’s correct. Never thought of that before. To incorporate that would be next level.

@djonidjoni9017 3 года назад

IWC and Lange n sohne deserve a special place in the holy trinity...and change place to ridicilous AP...

@dougm659 4 года назад

Odd that such a fuss is being made about how very clever IWC have been making a Perpetual Calendar which is adjusted solely by the crown..... Ulysse Nardin have been doing this for many years! That said, these are beautiful pieces!

@luke6818 4 года назад

Does the 20 in the year eventually change to 21. Ik i won't live to see it but I gotta know lol

@christopherphan3724 4 года назад

The watch actually comes with a tiny vial with a 1 so that a watchmaker can change it out when it reaches the year 2100.

@goodtips8973 4 года назад

I prefer an olnder one. Wonder €30k dor limited to 100 pieces is it worth?

@gaydolfhitler6310 4 года назад

Looking at the leap year window would do my head in

@simeonkneisel8086 4 года назад

Hey Great Job BTW. Very much enjoy your videos. What about a Video about the Breguet royal Marine Alarm?😉

@albertbremner8173 3 года назад

The Petit Prince has quickly become my grail watch. First book I ever read together with Tom Sawyer.

@softmetals3702 4 года назад

nice complication but not even close to the level of finish on the grand seiko,next in line GS

@spazz99ful 4 года назад

Interesting, i didn't know IWC used the same mechanical automatic winding system as Seiko, the bit that characterizes the system, Seiko calls the ''Magic lever'' it's clearly visible at min 5:50, and looks like a steel fork with rear facing barbs, that chews on a brass wheel with small teeth.

@markwgundert4251 3 года назад

I'd trade the chronograph function for a day of the week and moonphase display. I really like the ALS style digital display

@liamtonypearson 4 года назад

just extremely glad to own one, and have been waiting for this video since I ever found this page. would off been nice to hear more history etc though, how about the yacht club?

@barfymann362 4 года назад

Unpopular opinion: I had a chance to view the new AP Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar (Open-worked), and that thing is ugly. I can see the appeal, but I'm glad that's not my taste. This seems much more elegant and composed. The AP looked awfully cheap for something that supposed to be high-end luxury. The White Ceramic edition might be popular with the Rappers and Athletic sponsored community, I guess.

@raupenimmersatt6906 4 года назад

If you look elegant watches Take a look at the JLC Ultrathin-Linr or Glashütte Pano-Reverse/ Pano-Lumatic... Elegant yet sophisticated. And will run you less than a spor Rolex.

@oscargarcia-vj8cf 4 года назад

More IWC videos pls.

@enriqueali 4 года назад

Both very elegant, both very desirable. Pity about the relatively large diameter (for smaller wristed types) for such classically designed pieces. I guess the thickness is unavoidable, with that much mechanical complexity.

@takuan650 4 года назад

An impressive piece of watchmaking. I am just not such a pedantic calendar fanatic. A very nice watch but total overkill calendar engineering. It's lost on me. Others may revel in this plaything.

@alexandrerech6774 4 года назад

I suggest a review of the Montblanc Metamorphosis

@matosmatos9292 4 года назад

Is that dial green or blue? In the video it looks almost teal green

@arnoldestrada8583 4 года назад

All I got to say is dang. Especially the chronograph digital display.

@canttakeanymore 4 года назад

I will never own a perpetual calendar, but I really like the subject watch of the video---it's nice.

@maksudulhasansheikh4539 4 года назад

G-shock

@giovannialtamore Год назад

Personally I think these IWC watches are just too big for comfort. It’s 16mm high and 45mm diameter. That’s a big watch on most people’s wrists. Compare that to the Blancpain Villeret 6659, which is 13.5mm by 42mm. Not to mention the Jaeger LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin perpetual and the Patek Philippe 5327R, which both have a 39mm diameter, and a case height of less than 10mm! Quality and finish of these three is better than the IWC too, in my opinion.

@gyang333 4 года назад

Richemont sister brands JLC/ALS dials making this IWC look sloppy under the macro.

@shaheenevans 4 года назад

Ground hog day reference is gold !

@Leeleonardosmith 4 года назад

I don't know if it's the font or what but "IWC" just looks weird on a watch dial to me.

@Scortch072 4 года назад

It’s Bc it’s a humble Times New Roman font lol

@candidmoe8741 4 года назад

The mechanism will not last enough to justify the "Perpetual" part of the calendar. Gorgeous watch, in any case.

@menaseven9093 4 года назад

I prefer the classical IWC Portuguese Perpetual Calendar to the IWC Digital Perpetual Calendar. I guess I am old fashion.

@manidhaliwal525 4 года назад

Please review Patek Phillip grand master chime

@siddhunkarthik 2 года назад

Can you pls review Longines Perpetual Calender watch ?

@rygdan 4 года назад

This is amazing content!

@megatrong1300 4 года назад

Thank you. That was exceptional

@yaaxarr8977 4 года назад

Amazing piece !

@Roobeyns 4 года назад

Probably needs servicing before its calculated datechanges comes in to play. Its just like the tourbillion, not practical in anyway. In the end, so are mechanical watches now that we have sweeping quartz watches or solar powered quartz watches. So this makes near wonder what the purpose of life is 😂

@geodrim 4 года назад

it would be nice if you could make a review for IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Chronograph IW392101

@TheOtherSteel 4 года назад

If the current year is not displayed, then containing the full mechanism of a perpetual calendar is completely pointless. 1 -- Hey, it's the second year in the leap year cycle! 2 -- Well, but what year is it? 1 -- Year two! 2 -- I meant, what year is it! 1 -- I don't know, this watch doesn't help tell us the whole time, only a part of it. What year it is must not be important.

@UGA.D 4 года назад

Why did they do that to that 12. Ugh.

@highnrising 4 года назад

Why? Because these sub-dials are hard enough to read when you're looking at the actual watch--not a blow-up on a high-res, oversize monitor. I'll take a larger second/hours sub-dial, even if it impinges ever-do-slightly on the ornamental 12.

@UGA.D 4 года назад

@@highnrising I get the physics. And I'm absolutely with you on legibility. But the chomped 12 looks terrible. They could have just left it off completely like they did, you know, the 6 on the same dial. It would have kept the legibility you speak of and helped the symmetry, as well.

@RobbieGoraya Год назад

Can someone please tell me how to change month

@Vatani77 4 года назад

Is this a teal dial or a navy blue? The ligting is throwing me off.

@mell3109 4 года назад

Great looking watch...I wish

@planetdee3587 4 года назад

Why do more companies not make a triple calendar? Realistically it would be so much more affordable and I would so love to own one with subdials. I think companies know this would eat into perpetual and annual calendars

@NaveenKumar-oj7xh Год назад

I understand why PP, AP, VC and ALS are what they are, but IWC is something else entirely.

@JTMarlin8 4 года назад

IWC makes the best gold watches with blue dials.

@hemphash664 4 года назад

Excellent review

@sushimshah2896 4 года назад

MAN, what's the size of these watches, they definitely seem quite a bit bigger than even 42-43mm

@adamm2716 4 года назад

i bought a completely mechanical watch (no battery), i like the simplicity of it

@simonrostron6626 4 года назад

Am I not right in thinking that a perpetual calendar, while one of most elegant and difficult complications is, in some ways like a Tourbillion, essentially pointless in a wrist watch? Yes, in theory, the watch could run 30,000 days or so, without requiring date readjustment but no watch can run that length of time without servicing. Given that servicing presumably takes place when the watch is stopped and that service intervals are three, four or five years given the assiduity of the owner, such a watch will need to be reset every 1,000 to 2,000 days.