IWC Portugieser IW500107

IWC. A stainless steel automatic calendar wristwatch with 7 day power reserve, IWC. Montre bracelet en acier avec date et 7 jours de réserve de marche mouvement automatique Portuguese, Ref: IW500107, Circa 2005

Model: Portuguese Reference: IW500107 Date: Circa 2005 Movement: 44-jewel Cal.51010 automatic, adjusted to 5 positions, No.2983735 Dial: Silvered, applied blued Arabic numeral hour markers, black outer minute track with blued 5 minute markers, subsidiary dials at 3 and 9 for seconds and seven day power reserve, date aperture at 6, blued steel leaf hands Case: Brushed and polished round, screw down exhibition back, No.3265787 Strap/Bracelet: Black faux alligator leather Buckle/Clasp: Signed folding clasp Signed: Case, dial & movement Size: 42mm Accompaniments: *Brochures* Footnotes: The design, although not the name, was first introduced in the 1930s and was so named due to the supposed influence of a Portuguese retailer for IWC, thought to be Rodrigues and Antonio Teixera. Surprisingly the first dispatch of the now well-known Portuguese design did not make its way to Portugal until 1942, selling initially in Eastern Europe.