IWC Schaffhausen – PORTUGIESER Chronographe Rattrapante Edition «Boutique Geneve»
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IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN OPENS BOUTIQUE
IN TOP LOCATION IN GENEVA
Schaffhausen, 6 July 2017 – IWC Schaffhausen is moving its Geneva boutique to a new location in the Rue du Rhône. Watch enthusiasts in Geneva and international visitors to the city on the Rhône will now be able to discover the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer’s six watch families in a luxury setting covering 100 square metres in a prime location. To celebrate the opening of this new boutique, IWC is launching a limited-edition Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante model that will only be available in the Geneva boutique.
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Geneva is famous throughout the world as the home of a number of international organizations and conferences. Switzerland’s second-largest city is also the historic centre of the country’s watch industry. “I am delighted that we have found a new home for our timepieces with this boutique in a prime high-visibility location, a home that truly reflects the status of the IWC brand and the importance of the city of Geneva,” says Linus Fuchs, IWC Managing Director Switzerland.
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The new IWC boutique is located on the ground floor of the Globus building at 48 Rue du Rhône. It has an attract ive layout with sales and lounge areas on different levels.
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The interior features the typically elegant IWC design, with soft beige tones, dark wood accents, glass and natural stone, and, with 100 square metres of space, offers enough room for an in-house watchmaker, who will be on hand to assist customers with any technical matters.
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To mark the occasion of the opening, IWC is launching a special-edition timepiece that is limited to 50 watches. The Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante Edition “Boutique Genève” (Ref. IW371221)
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takes up the tradition established by the first Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante, introduced by IWC in 1995. The double chronograph features a split-seconds hand that allows two separate times to be recorded simultaneously.
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This model features a stainless-steel case and striking feuille hands and appli-quéd Arabic numerals that are both rose-gold-plated. A telemeter scale is printed on the flange at the edge of the black dial, while a tachymeter scale is printed on the inner ring.
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The watch is powered by the hand-wound 76240-calibre movement with a 44-hour power reserve. The words “Cé qu’è lainô”, the title of Geneva’s anthem from after the year 1602, are engraved on the back of the watch.
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This model is fitted with a brown alligator leather strap with a folding clasp and is now available exclusively at the new IWC Boutique Geneva.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Model: PORTUGIESER Chronographe Rattrapante Edition «Boutique Geneve»
REF. IW371221
Limited to 50 watches
FEATURES
Mechanical double chronograph movement
– Stopwatch function with minutes and seconds
– Small hacking seconds
– Split-seconds hand for intermediate timing
Limited to 50 watches
MOVEMENT
IWC-manufactured calibre 76240
Frequency: 28,800 A/h | 4 Hz
Jewels: 31
Power reserve: 44 h
Winding: Automatic
Flyback chronograph
WATCH
Materials - Stainless-steel case
Diameter: 40.9 mm
Height: 12.3 mm
DIAL
Black dial, with Arabic numeral rose-gold-plated
Small hacking seconds
Glass: Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
Case-back ring, engraved with “IWC - “PORTUGIESER– EDITION GENÈVE” - **/50“
In the center of the lid is the engraving "Cé qu'è lainô".
Screw-in crown
Water-resistant: 3 bar
STRAP
Brown alligator leather strap.
Stainless-steel folding clasp
Limited Edition to only 50 pieces
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