IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days (Ref. 5101)

Word is that IWC will be making its longstanding and classcially-styled Portofino collection the star of the show for 2011, starting with this new IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days. The new Eight Days (a reference to its power reserve), is a beautiful looking watch, right down to the Portofino notation on the dial. The watch comes on a leather strap made by high-end Italian shoemaker Santoni which I think is a nice touch, too! The version you see here is a steel case/silver dial. Also comes in steel case/black dial and a red gold case with slate-colored dial.

IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days

Manual-wind IWC Caliber 59210 with 192 hour (8 day) power reserve

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There will also be a Portofino Dual Time model (Ref. 3610), which should be exciting as well. Also, the Portofino Automatic (Ref. 3565) and Chronograph (Ref. 3910) will get a few tweaks, including being available on a Milanese mesh bracelets. Read more in the official IWC 2011 Portofino Press Release, here.

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