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Any Dressy IWC reps that are close to gen?


watchnovice123

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I was looking for a nice dressy IWC rep for work. I was wondering what you guys might recommend? I see bad things about the portuguese chrono movements, .........too bad because they are one of my favorites. My main concern is I don't want something that is too sporty, though I love the pilots, or something that is blatantly inaccurate to the gen. Any good advice from people that own something that fits the bill? Thanks.

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portuguese is very very close to gen! the only prob is the movt. i think. From my experience with my portugese, the power reserve is lower than eta7750, only enough over night.And the rotor is noisy so i had to lubricate it, but its still noisy compared to etas. Otherwise visually almost perfect! Only difference i saw are the subdial pins which are bronze in rep and silver in gen, but nobody ever will notice that ;)

heres a comparison photo

gen

iwc3714bkwhwo6.jpg

iwc3714bkwhwo6.d1b8c8487c.jpg

my porto

dsc0155pt5.jpg

dsc0155pt5.2c694e81b3.jpg

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portuguese is very very close to gen! the only prob is the movt. i think. From my experience with my portugese, the power reserve is lower than eta7750, only enough over night.And the rotor is noisy so i had to lubricate it, but its still noisy compared to etas. Otherwise visually almost perfect! Only difference i saw are the subdial pins which are bronze in rep and silver in gen, but nobody ever will notice that ;)

heres a comparison photo

gen

iwc3714bkwhwo6.jpg

iwc3714bkwhwo6.d1b8c8487c.jpg

my porto

dsc0155pt5.jpg

dsc0155pt5.2c694e81b3.jpg

Great looking watch!!! From what I read getting a nice AR coating on that rep really makes it. I assume a band would help too. I guess I'm a little concerned of the movement failing with the sec @ 6. They do have the 7 day pwr reserve that doesn't have that, but not sure if those are as visually accurate. Decisions! :bangin:

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Great looking watch!!! From what I read getting a nice AR coating on that rep really makes it. I assume a band would help too. I guess I'm a little concerned of the movement failing with the sec @ 6. They do have the 7 day pwr reserve that doesn't have that, but not sure if those are as visually accurate. Decisions! :bangin:

There is someone in Europe who puts graphite onto the gears which seems to revive the movements. As far as the 7 day power reserve, that's on the 5001 Porto's, the 3714's come with a standard 42 hours power reserve.

And you're correct the AR will really transform this rep.....

IWC_PortChrono_3714_SS_d.jpg

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There is someone in Europe who puts graphite onto the gears which seems to revive the movements. As far as the 7 day power reserve, that's on the 5001 Porto's, the 3714's come with a standard 42 hours power reserve.

And you're correct the AR will really transform this rep.....

IWC_PortChrono_3714_SS_d.jpg

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showto...amp;hl=Graphite

Enjoy!

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