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The legendary American engineer and watchmaker founded IWC in 1868 aiming to produce pocket watch movements for the US market. This special Portugieser honors the brand’s founder and it will be particularly on sale in the United States.
The number 27 represents the age of Jones when he established the company in Schaffhausen, while the name “D.H. Craig” actually belongs to Jones’s uncle Daniel Hastings Craig from New England who have helped his nephew financially. While Jones was running IWC in Switzerland, his most well-known mechanism was dubbed the Jones 2N Pattern H caliber and it had his uncle’s name inscribed in the metal to honor the man he viewed as a mentor. The iconic caliber has inspired this limited edition watch and so t features his uncle’s name.
The replica IWC Portugieser Tourbillon Hand-Wound Edition “D. H. Craig USA” is housed in an elegant 18-karat red gold case and it comes in the limited series of only 27 pieces. The case measures 43mm in diameter and 11mm in thickness. Underneath the front sapphire glass lies a silver-plated dial comprising the beautiful minute tourbillon which is set at the 9 o’clock position, conversely to F.A. Jones’s signature at the 3 o’clock position. The dial also incorporates a small seconds sub-dial located at the 6 o’clock position, as well as two elegant, blued hands.
The unique model Portugieser comes with the hand-wound IWC-manufactured caliber 98900 mechanical movement that has been designed in the tradition of the 98 caliber which was made from the mid-1930s for the hunter pocket watch. The perfect caliber has been regularly improved after that.
The beating heart of the watch oscillates at the rapid frequency of 28,800 alternations per hour (4 Hz) and it is endowed with a 54-hour power reserve. The movement is sealed against the ingress of water pressure down to 30 meters.
The Portugieser Tourbillon Hand-Wound Edition “D. H. Craig USA” (ref. IW546306) is attached to a black alligator leather strap made by the Italian shoemaker Santoni. Each piece comes with a numbered passport holder which is also made by Santoni and with a copy of the book F.A. Jones: His Life, Legacy and Watches.
Coming together with the launch of the special edition, the Swiss watchmaker will restore a historic street clock in New York City as well, in cooperation with the organization Save America’s Clocks. Besides, it will display a small typical exhibition in the cheap replica IWC boutiques in New York and Los Angeles.