New Release: IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar Watch
As one of its latest novelties unveiled this year at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2024, IWC has expanded upon its signature dual moonphase perpetual calendar and taken the concept several steps...
View ArticleNew Release: IWC Portugieser Hand-Wound Tourbillon Day & Night Watch
Schaffhausen-based brand IWC is completely focused on its Portugieser collection this year. While last year saw the smash hit Ingenieur reborn, for Watches and Wonders 2024, the brand has only...
View ArticleNew Release: IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 44 Watches For 2024
Don’t know about you, but when I think of modern perpetual calendar-equipped watches, I think of the IWC Portugieser. In a way, it has been the reference with its universal, yet recognizable layout and...
View ArticleNew Release: IWC Portugieser Chronograph Watches
At Watches & Wonders 2024, IWC has chosen to focus exclusively on the Portugieser, the 1930’s pocket watch-inspired collection that offers a cornucopia of complications, sizes, metals, and colors....
View ArticleNew Release: IWC Portugieser Automatic 42 and 40 Watches
For 2024, IWC has honed in on its Portugieser collection for a full refit, bringing complex additions to the lineup like the new eternal calendar, perpetual calendar, and tourbillon. But the range’s...
View ArticleThe aBlogtoWatch Team Picks The 10 Best Releases From Watches And Wonders 2024
With over 50 brands officially exhibiting at the Watches & Wonders Geneva 2024 high-end timepiece industry fair, lots of new products were there to be discovered by members of the watch media as...
View ArticleHands On: IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar Watch Is Accurate For 45 Million...
How often do you set your watch? Your answer likely depends on how much you wear it. If you only use it occasionally, it’s likely you set it each time you pick it up. But if you sport the same watch...
View ArticleHands-On: Re-Engineered IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 44 Watches
Arguably one of the more gorgeous and impressive watches from Watches & Wonders Geneva 2024 is the re-engineered IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 44 — seen here are two of the four iterations,...
View ArticleNew Release: IWC Unveils Ceralume Luminous Ceramic Watch Technology & Prototype
Continuing on its journey to develop and utilize new variations of ceramic, IWC has just announced its Ceralume luminous ceramic technology and, along with it, the brand’s first fully glow-in-the-dark...
View ArticleABTWW: 24-Hour Watch Boutiques, Swiss Made Shenanigans, And A Tuxedo Rolex
This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Rick, Ariel, David, and Ripley do what they do every week — dive into the latest and greatest from the wild, wonderful world of watches! Things start out with chat...
View ArticleABTWW: Psychedelic Watch Shows, Consumer Happiness, And Concept Watches
This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, the usual suspects get together again for another horological gabfest. Ariel dives into his recent article about consumer expectations, brand offerings, and how those...
View ArticleSecond Look: IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 44 Horizon Blue Watch
At IWC, Watches & Wonders 2024 was all about the Portugieser (which I still stubbornly refer to as the “Portuguese” (as “port-u-geezer” doesn’t roll off my American-English tongue sounding that...
View ArticleWatch Review: IWC Pilot’s Watch Mark XX
If you are reading this, chances are that you are well into IWC watches, maybe even considering one for purchase at some point in the future. Well, in 2024, among the most affordable IWC watch is the...
View ArticleTeam aBlogtoWatch’s Picks: The Watches We Wore Most in 2024
As the year comes to a close and we spend time with families and friends over the holidays, it’s time once again to think back on the year and share watches the aBlogtoWatch team wore most this year....
View ArticleNew Release: IWC Pilot’s Watch Mark XX Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Watch
The first battles of the 2025 Formula 1 season are still a couple of months away, but IWC decided to — quietly — kickstart the year with the IWC Pilot’s Watch Mark XX Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One...
View ArticleThe Flyback: Oak & Oscar, Breitling, Grand Seiko, And More
Welcome to the very first edition of our newest biweekly series: The Flyback. In each edition of The Flyback, we’ll take a quick look at some of the new releases we didn’t get a chance to cover in the...
View ArticleWatch Review: IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 44 In Armor Gold
Recently, my mind stumbled upon a new measure of greatness, or lack thereof, to look for in a prospective purchase. It works in the context of cars, cameras, clothes, and, I think, watches, too. It is...
View ArticleThe Flyback: IWC Shocks, Citizen Downsizes, And Timex Reminisces
It’s that time again! The Flyback returns with another batch of releases from the past two weeks. This time, we’ve got a double feature for F1 fans, with a color-changing chronograph collab and a wild...
View ArticleHands-On Debut: IWC Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar 41 Watch In Steel
How do you expand a watch line? When you establish or (re-establish) a three-hand model, and it’s a hit, what do you do with it next? The platform you’ve created serves as a canvas for basically...
View ArticleHands-On Debut: IWC Ingenieur Automatic 40 Green Dial Watch Of Sonny Hayes In...
For Watches and Wonders 2025, IWC is doubling down on 2023’s Ingenieur revival with a slew of new complications, materials, and even sizes. It’s no surprise after the success and praise surrounding the...
View ArticleNew Release: IWC Ingenieur Automatic 35mm Watches
After reviving the Genta-designed Ingenieur SL in 2023, IWC is back at Watches & Wonders 2025 with a more compact take on the sporty integrated bracelet model. The new IWC Ingenieur Automatic 35...
View ArticleNew Release: IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph “APXGP”
As part of its lineup of novelties at this year’s Watches & Wonders in Geneva, IWC has announced a trio of special pieces in connection with this summer’s forthcoming Brad Pitt blockbuster, F1....
View ArticleHands-On Debut: IWC Ingenieur Automatic 40 Watch In 18k Gold
For those keeping track, you know that the Ingenieur Automatic 40 was first introduced in 2023 as a faithful revival of the 1970s-era Ingenieur SL Reference 1832, originally penned by the man, the...
View ArticleNew Release: IWC Pilots Watch Performance Chronograph Perpetual Calendar...
One of my favorite categories of watches is those that no one asked for but everyone can appreciate. Don’t confuse that with watches no one asked for and no one cares about or likes — there are far...
View ArticleHands-On Debut: IWC Ingenieur Automatic 42 Black Ceramic Watch
At Watches & Wonders 2025, IWC has just dropped the Ingenieur Automatic 42 in black ceramic (Ref. IW338903), and it’s a game-changer. For the first time, the Gérald Genta-designed integrated...
View ArticleaBlogtoWatch’s Top 10 Watches From Watches & Wonders 2025
This year, at Watches & Wonders 2025, new product inspiration and volume energy were relatively subdued, resulting in a widespread lack of genuine creativity and original watches, with a lot of...
View ArticleHands-On: IWC Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph Perpetual Calendar...
I knew it as soon as I saw the press release. IWC was dropping a banger. Black (ceramic) and gold? Textured dial? Perpetual calendar? Digital display? Booyakasha! I was drinking the IWC Kool-Aid right...
View ArticleIWC Presents ‘Reference 1832. Our Most Brilliant Failure’ Movie
At the 2025 Goodwood Members’ Meeting, IWC Schaffhausen premiered a short film about its Ingenieur SL, specifically its first-ever version dubbed Reference 1832. In this most suitable crucible, motor...
View ArticleJoin In The Celebration During The 11th Annual Madison Avenue Watch Week May...
Though most of us aren’t lucky enough to attend the watch world’s biggest event of the year, Watches and Wonders, that doesn’t mean you can’t see the new releases and novelties, along with a plethora...
View ArticleHands-On: IWC’s Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph In Rose Gold
Some things just go together: peanut butter and jelly, cheese and wine, cars and watches. You get the idea. This summer, we’ll see that last combo hit the big screen with the release of the new F1...
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