LeSentier Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Gents, going to pull the trigger on the newer Portofino - probably the one with the darkgrey/black sunburst dial and the black datewheel. on the other hand I also love the white/cream sunburst dial with the gold hands. or the silver hands? Since I have not seen many pics of them ( only the dealer pics) or just the plain black dial (which is not my taste), may I ask you Porto owners to post some pics here? Also wristies are welcome. Please help a member to make a decision Thanks, J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeSentier Posted November 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 meaning IWC Ref.3565 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeSentier Posted November 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 No Portofinos out there ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougar1 Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 I'm waiting for pics of the newer one aswell joerg, it looks excellent, when you get the grey/sunburst post some pics. Plenty of pics of the old one, hardly any of the new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartDoc Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Here the closest thing I have. It's a horrible rep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japanic Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 I've been waiting for this one for a while as well. It looks great on a leather band, but I'm torn between that and the mesh bracelet. At ant rate, here are the QC pics from Josh's site: http://imgur.com/a/6XBz2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novum Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Here the closest thing I have. It's a horrible rep. Thats a mark xvi...and its a great rep. Portofino isnt for sure Sent via Tapatalk & Asus Transformer Prime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartDoc Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Thats a mark xvi...and its a great rep. Portofino isnt for sure Sent via Tapatalk & Asus Transformer Prime It's a horrible rep cause its a gen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_B Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 I've been waiting for this one for a while as well. It looks great on a leather band, but I'm torn between that and the mesh bracelet. Get the mesh bracelet. The replica leather strap quality is horrible and you'll probably replace it with something nicer very soon. Seriously, it should be forbidden to sell these straps. If you don't like the mesh bracelet, just buy a simple non-replica leather strap afterwards. It doesn't have to be genuine, everything will be better. That being said, excellent choice of your watch! I hope that someday I can build one of these myself from mostly genuine parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japanic Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Michael_B, those are exactly my sentiments. The only reason why I would even consider the rep with the leather strap is for the buckle; which seems to be of decent quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougar1 Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 The slightly older one is very well documented around the forums, the newer one with roman numbers is very elusive, I'm surprised there is not more info, but frankly if it is based on the old (which it is) it seems highly unlikely they've ballsed it up too much, in fact they seem to have made some improvements (e.g. proper colour dw on the dark one etc) Here is some pics found of the old: ....and the newer one, in white, these are the only weak home pics of the rep I've seen so far? To me it looks very good? ...but would someone please buy it and put us out of our misery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_B Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 (edited) Michael_B, those are exactly my sentiments. The only reason why I would even consider the rep with the leather strap is for the buckle; which seems to be of decent quality. How about asking if he can ship it with a buckle? Best of both worlds! It shouldn't bee too expensive if he can find one. Here is some pics found of the old: [Picture of the IWC Portofino] Wow if never seen a quality picture of this replica. This one looks very accurate. The only thing bothering me is that the crown looks a little too far outside. But maybe it's pulled out, so I don't know. (This is from what I remember the last time I had this on my wrist.) EDIT: Removed the pictures from the quote to make it more readable. Edited November 7, 2012 by Michael_B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefcook Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 I have one of those in the current 40mm version with matte black dial. Three things about the rep bother me:No AR. None, not even a bad one. The gen has double sided AR coating so you'll definitely need to have the crystal coated.The clasp on the mesh bracelet. It is not actually well made. The clasp will require modding to not fall apart within two weeks.The date wheel. It is a bad copy of an ETA date disc which not only is nearly unreadable but also has a totally wrong font for the Portofino I'd take one on a leather strap, get a genuine or a TWB strap for it, have the crystal ARed and the date disc at least changed for a genuine ETA disc if one cannot find a genuine IWC disc. Regarding the dial: Even though IWC is still showing the black sunburst dial on their website this dial made it to the shops for a few weeks only. Everything after that came with a matte black dial. I once saw a genuine with sunburst dial and while it was awesome and very special it was completely different from the rep sunburst dial. The rep is kind of grey, more like IWCs Ardoise dials. The gen sunburst was truly black. Therefore I'd go with the matte black rep dial because it is a perfect match to the genuine dial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterpotamus Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 only have one portuguese, no portofino, sry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scropper Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folex Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 only have one portuguese, no portofino, sry How accurate or inaccurate is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterpotamus Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 How accurate or inaccurate is this? It's as accurate as any gen IWC could possible be... Didn't you notice the movement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folex Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 It's as accurate as any gen IWC could possible be... Didn't you notice the movement? Hehe I did, but didn't have any reference to compare it to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prancuzas Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterpotamus Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Hehe I did, but didn't have any reference to compare it to I got this baby pre-owned at a great price, she is stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albranius Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Mine! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterblender23 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Mine! Wow, what a beauty! May I ask you where you got this from? Im looking for a Porto myself..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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