IWC – Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Unique Piece

IWC Schaffhausen – Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Unique Piece “Laureus Charity Night Zürich 2016” NEW

THE TICKING STAR OF THE 

LAUREUS CHARITY NIGHT

Schaffhausen, 11 November 2016 – The tenth Laureus Charity Night will see an exclusive, unique IWC Schaffhausen timepiece going under the hammer: the Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Unique Piece “Laureus Charity Night Zürich 2016”. All the proceeds from the auction will go to the Laureus Foundation Switzerland, helping to ensure the continued existence of the social sports projects for disadvantaged Swiss children and adolescents.

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The tenth Laureus Charity Night will be held on 19 November 2016 in Dübendorf, near Zurich. Around 600 VIP guests are expected to attend the anniversary of the fundraising event, where the tenth birthday of the Laureus Foundation Switzerland will also be celebrated. All guests will have the opportunity to bid on an exclusive, unique piece from IWC Schaffhausen. The timepiece up for auction is the Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Unique Piece “Laureus Charity Night Zürich 2016” (Ref. IW397205) – the only watch with a 45-millimetre platinum case, a blue dial and a special engraving on the case back.

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This imposing chronograph not only allows intermediate times to be measured with down-to-the-second accuracy, but also features a perpetual calendar that independently recognizes the different lengths of the months, as well as the leap day occurring every four years. The complex mechanism can be set easily using the crown and will not require any adjustments until 2100.

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The date and month are displayed with large numerals in the style of a digital watch. Oscillating at a frequency of 4 hertz, the IWC-manufactured 89801 calibre guarantees high precision. And thanks to its double-pawl winding mechanism, the watch is driven solely by being worn on the wrist: a rotor in 18-carat red gold converts the wearer’s kinetic energy into tension in the spring and generates a power reserve of 68 hours. The watch is fitted with a black alligator leather strap by Santoni.

10,000 SWISS YOUNGSTERS
PARTICIPATE IN LAUREUS PROJECTS

The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation was founded in South Africa 16 years ago. In 2007, IWC Schaffhausen and Mercedes-Benz Switzerland joined forces to establish the Laureus Foundation Switzerland. Laureus focuses on the power of sport to integrate disadvantaged children and adolescents into society more effectively. 10,000 or so young Swiss girls and boys participate in the sports projects on offer, such as Laureus Girls in Sport and Laureus Street Soccer. The foundation raises most of the funding required for these projects with its annual Laureus Charity Night. Last year, donations amounting to CHF 1.1 million were collected.

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Technical Specifications

Model: Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Platinum 45

Ref. IW397205

FEATURES
Mechanical chronograph movement – Perpetual calendar – Large displays for both the date and
month – Leap year display – Stopwatch function with hours, minutes and seconds – Flyback function – Small hacking seconds – 18-carat red gold rotor – See-through sapphire-glass back – Engraving on the case back – Limited to one timepiece
MOVEMENT
IWC-manufactured
Calibre: 89801 Mechanical movement
Frequency: 28,800 A/h | 4 Hz
Jewels: 51
Power reserve: 68h
Winding: Automatic
WATCH
    Materials: Platinum 950 case
    Glass: Sapphire glass, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
    Dial: blue
    Screw-in crown
    Water-resistant: 3 bar
    Diameter: 45 mm
    Height: 16.5 mm
    Special back engraving "Laureus Sport for Good Foundation - Night Zürich 2016"
STRAP
Black calfskin strap by Santoni, 18-carat red gold red gold or platinum pin buckle.

* IWC Schaffhausen is not the owner of the Super-LumiNova® trademark.

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Further Information
Clemens von Walzel
Department Manager Public Relations
Tel. +41 (0)52 235 79 29
E-mail clemens.vonwalzel@iwc.com
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MeisterSinger – Peter Henlein Gold Limited Edition

MeisterSinger – “Peter Henlein” Gold Chronometer Limited Edition

Edition honors one of the 

originators of German watchmaking

MeisterSinger manufactures unusual mechanical watches that display the time with one single hour hand, precisely to the nearest five minutes – quite sufficient for people who arrange their time themselves and don’t worry about seconds. 

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The “Peter Henlein” edition is both technically and optically a big exception in the MeisterSinger collection. Instead of the upright hour digits, the “Peter Henlein” edition has them placed radially. In the center of the dial there is a second circle indicating the hours in Roman numerals.

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The design of the needle-shaped hour hand is also quite different from the usual MeisterSinger style: The dial of the “Peter Henlein” is based on historical timepieces, which Manfred Brassler, the founder of MeisterSinger, took as an inspiration when designing his single-hand watches.

Mechanical miracles from the city of the mastersingers

In Germany, one name in particular is synonymous with early watchmaking: Peter Henlein (around 1479 to 1542), a master locksmith from Nuremberg who was, for a long time, somewhat too generously accredited with having invented the first “wearable” clock. Although we now know that he was not the first to design this type of timepiece and that the famous “Nuremberg egg” pocket watches were only made after his death, he was certainly responsible for the popularity of the “pocket watch”.

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Unfortunately it is not known whether he, as a Nuremberg master craftsman, sang in one of the city’s singers’ fraternities from which MeisterSinger draws its name. The name Peter Henlein is also synonymous with the age of the Renaissance, in which the proud bourgeoisie, both artistically and technically talented, began to shape the world in a decisive way.

Chronometer with a Renaissance face

In Henlein’s day, clocks were designed with one single hand – firstly because they were unable to indicate smaller units of time with any degree of precision, and secondly because the world simply did not need to run by minutes or even seconds. However, there is a good reason why the “Peter Henlein” edition in particular is also fitted with a second hand: It is the prerequisite for participating in the strict precision tests in the laboratories of the Swiss COSC, according to which the watch may be officially named the first MeisterSinger chronometer.

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That is a wonderful accolade for the specially designed movement that powers the Peter Henlein edition – the hand-wound caliber MSH01, which MeisterSinger had developed in Switzerland. Crafted to meet the specifications of MeisterSinger watches and fitted with a uniquely shaped bridge designed by Manfred Brassler, to date it has only been used in MeisterSinger’s premium line – the Circularis. A top-of-the-line movement, precise and reliable, the MSH01 also continues in the tradition of Peter Henlein and his “portable watches”.

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 In the Peter Henlein edition, the movement and the bright dial are enclosed in an 18-karat gold case, 43 millimeters in diameter and waterproof up to 5 bar. The hand-wound movement with its gold-plated bridge and a generous 120-hour power reserve is clearly visible through the sapphire glass exhibition back.

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The Peter Henlein is available from September as a limited edition of 15 watches and costs 14,000 euros.

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Technical specifications

Model: MeisterSinger – Peter Henlein Gold Edition

Movement
Calibre MSH01
Manual wind
Mechanism bridge rhodium-plated with côtes circulaire (circular graining)
Twin in-series mainspring barrels
Temperature-blued screws
Caption: Golden eye-catcher – not only the case,
but also the bridge of the MeisterSinger caliber MSH01 gleams in gold.
Diameter 32.7 mm
Height 5.4 mm
27 jewels
Glucydur® balance wheel
Eccentric precision timing
28,800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz)
Incabloc ® shock protection
120-hour power reserve
Watch
18-karat gold case
Diameter 43 mm
Domed sapphire crystal
Sapphire crystal back
Face White
Water resistant up to 5 bar
Strap
Wristband made of alligator leather with double-folding clasp

Limited Edition of 15 watches

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MeisterSinger GmbH &Co. KG,
Hafenweg 46, 48155 Münster
Stefan Loges
Tel: +49-251-1334-8615
Fax: +49-251-1334-8610
E-Mail: loges@meistersinger.de
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