Rare

IWC
Portugieser F.A.Jones
Ref. IW544201


EUR 14.900,-

The IWC Portugieser F. A. Jones Ref. IW544201 is a limited edition of 1,000 pieces, dedicated to IWC’s founder Florentine Ariosto Jones. With its classic 44 mm rose gold case, elegant white dial, refined railroad minute track, and small seconds at 6 o’clock, it captures the historical aesthetic of early IWC pocket watches. Inside ticks the beautifully hand-finished in-house caliber 98290, a manually wound movement whose finely crafted bridge is visible through the sapphire crystal caseback. This example is offered in like-new condition with original papers – a true collector’s piece for admirers of traditional IWC watchmaking.

Details


Material

Redgold

Clockwork

Manual

Ref NR.

IW544201

Dial color

white

Paper

Yes

Condition

like new

Diameter

44mm

Warranty

1 Year

sporty & elegant

Portugieser Collection

In 1939, two portuguese dealers commissioned a series of large wristwatches with high precision pocket watch calibres. This was the birth of the Portuguese. What was then an unusual large watch is now a perfect match for fashion and can be worn both sporty and elegant.

International Watch Company

IWC

The succes story of IWC began in 1868 when the American engineer Florentine Aristo Jones settled in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. His business partner Johann Heinrich Moser had invented a system that enabled them to use the water power of the Rhine for industrial purposes. Together they started the mechanized production of Watches. In the following Year they already produced over 10.000 Watches for the US market and expanded selling internationally.

The best time is now:

IWC Portugieser F.A.Jones

1 1 Year Timelounge-Warranty

Papers included

like new

Articles prepared for you

In the right time

The return of the 80s

Everything comes back. At some point. Even my grandmother knew that and the more mature you become, the more you realise: damn, it really is like that. When Rolex presented the GMT-Master II as a yellow gold and bicolour version on a Jubilé bracelet last year, I immediately felt something like my own personal Werthers Echte moment. Only not with gold-wrapped caramel sweets, but with the watches I knew from my childhood. And so I still remember, as if it were yesterday, the picture of TV legend Horst Tappert smiling at me from the cover of a TV magazine with a gold GMT on a Jubilee bracelet.

How deep is deep?

When I started wearing watches at a young age, everything was quite simple for me. If the words “Water Resistant” were written on the back cover, you had to be careful. On the other hand, if it said “30M”, everything was fine. Off to the beach with it and have fun. I wore those watches in the sea for years without a care in the world - for swimming, showering and bathing anyway.