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we are relaunching our Portuguese a collection and our design has really looked into every little detail starting from the case the dials the dial graphics and also the design of the movements to take it to the ultimate in terms of refinement and perfection the portuguese an annual calendar is the great novelty we are presenting the annual calendar actually bridges nicely the gap we had so far between our Portuguese automatic in the perpetual calendar an annual calendar not to confuse with a complete calendar is a calendar watch which you only have to adjust once a year typically and the February the most exciting pieces in the new 2015 collection Portuguese er is the new Portuguese er eight days hand want a piece which is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Portuguese a collection we took inspiration from one of these historic dial designs a dial design which actually picks up some Art Deco elements the movement is one of our calibers we launched a couple of years ago the hand wound caliber 59 another piece in the 2015 collection which makes a reference to the anniversary of the Portuguese a collection is the Portuguese a digital date chronograph we placed the date in the month's display here in very delicate frames on the dial and we have a fifths window here at six o'clock to indicate the leap year with this piece you can see the new movement design standard we established for IWC with a new collection the Portuguese are perpetual calendar digital date months features a digital perpetual calendar and a chronograph it's an in-house chronograph movement the caliber 89 which is a column wheel chronograph with a flyback function a very proud to present the new Portuguese a perpetual calendar double moon the new Papa true calendar features the brand new calibre 52 which we launched these days here in Geneva together with our watchmakers and engineers we reworked the movement we reworked the case and the dial features a patio calendar with four sub counters indicating the months in the days and all calendar functions we now reworked this display with a new star studded sky to give it even a more luxurious appeal the design of the automatic only got very minor tweaks and still remains as beautiful as it was before one of the small tweaks we did is that we enhanced the movement locks and improved the variability and also fitted these pieces with curved spring bars which allow a better integration between watch and strap the Portuguese a yacht club remains a classic sporty piece features one of the most successful manufacturer coronagraphs of adebisi Schaffhausen the calibre 89 which is a column will fly back chronograph the pilots watch automatic mark 18 is the latest addition of an RTC icon an automatic watch with case diameter of 40 millimeter we shrank down from 41 to 40 millimeters the new dial of the mark 18 features a 9 like the big pilot dial which was reworked as well and we have a single date for even more pure and legible dial a out the strap was also new developed calf leather strap made by Santoni with a typical Santoni finish in black or as an option a new developed metal bracelet with new link geometry and finishing and a fine adjustment system on the back we are infinite but time never stops some are made to seize control of their fate individual and precise born of tradition destined for greatness it's the dream of flight lived by The Fearless those that defy gravity to claim the skies captured by a spirit of freedom they prey with distance drawn together from to share in the eternal here icon so this land molded and brushed by the Sun where the wind brings me the scent of an eternal Sun where the sea is so blue and reaches out to the sand tonight body it's old since my skin diving into it is being won with it I feel my eyes renew brimful of hope and memories from here I see the world being born again let me first explain the different dial functions the long hand on the Rahsaan style shows the mints here the hours the seconds and the days of the week we've read days and two weekend days on this watch is one o'clock 50 minutes 50 seconds on a Saturday morning the results type 1 is crownless and automatic the crown functions are relocated to the back case we turn the watch around you can see the rotor moving on the back of the watch you have different arrows indicating rotation directions of the back case you need to turn the back case clockwise to mainly wind the watch turn the back case counterclockwise and for setting the time both directions are possible clockwise and counter clockwise let me now focus on winding to watch manually to wind the watch turn the back class in an oscillating movement like a DJ would I recommend to do this about five times let me show you how to set the day of the week these are the days of the week it's Wednesday and the loops are the weekend days to manually change the day of the week you need to turn the back case clockwise seen from the dial I recommend to set the day counterclockwise to avoid over winding the watch to change one day you need to turn 24 hours you you Bremen is a brand that has set the standards in manufacturing understated yet beautiful aviation chronometer z-- the story actually begins many years before with two brothers Nick and Giles English they spent most of their formative years with their father Ewan in his workshop in Cambridge in England you in English a pilot and aeronautical engineer inspired his sons through his love of restoring vintage aircraft and cars and timepieces he was also passionate about flying and an active display pilot on the airshow circuits the movement of the sea an elemental force ceaseless and eternal and a powerful inspiration for the auto lottery of Uli's NAFTA since 1846 when a visionary you listener da embarked on his journey into time with his pocket chronometer 'he's the dynamic movement of the sea has given life to his dream to chart a singular course in mechanical watchmaking to navigate the imagination to push back the limits of time driven by the perpetual motion of the sea to create develop and manufacture innovative in-house mechanisms that redefine the notion of a mechanical timepiece and confirm you least Nevada as an audacious adventurer in the world of aute philosophy you