IWC – PORTUGUESE Yacht Club Chronograph "Ocean Racer" Limited Edition NEW
The Volvo Ocean Race is back. From the start in
Alicante in October 2014 to the final destination in Gothenburg in June
2015, seven teams will be battling for victory under the most extreme
conditions.
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IWC Schaffhausen will be at the
heart of the world’s toughest offshore race as Official Timekeeper for
the second time, and celebrates the event with a special edition: the
Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph “Ocean Racer”, limited to 1,000
watches. IWC is also consolidating its
partnership with the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team, which is taking part
in the race for the second time, too.
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“The Volvo Ocean Race stretches the world’s best sailing crews to their limits,” says
IWC CEO
Georges Kern.
“We are proud that for the second time we are the event’s
Official Timekeeper, partners to the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team and
sponsors of the 24-hour speed record: it puts us at the very centre of
international sailing.” This year’s round-the-world race sees the first
appearance of a one-design boat class: the Volvo Ocean 65, which
measures over 20 metres in length. For the first time in more than 10
years, an all-female crew will be taking part, with crewmembers from all
over the world. In the course of a trial of endurance lasting nine
months, the teams will make nine stopovers and one pit-stop and cover a
total of 38,739 nautical miles, or 71,745 kilometres. In view of the
wind and weather conditions, particularly in the Southern Ocean with
waves of up to 30 metres in height and wind speeds reaching 110
kilometres per hour, the race is considered one of sailing’s toughest
challenges.
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A watch to celebrate the circumnavigation of the globe
Befitting the unique sporting challenge, the new
Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph “Ocean Racer”(Ref.
IW390216) from
IWC
Schaffhausen is a distinctly masculine sports watch. “We’re dedicating
this watch to the teams’ sporting spirit and their commitment to extreme
racing,” says
Georges Kern.
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After all, levels of precision which are on
a par with those of nautical instruments are part of the genetic
make-up of any member of the
Portuguese family. This manifests itself
not least in the large size of the case, which, with a diameter of 45.4
millimetres, provides ample room for the
IWC-manufactured
89361-calibre
movement.
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The eye-catching timepiece thus has one of the most modern and
robust chronograph movements available, featuring a flyback function
and aggregate timing of up to 12 hours, shown by an analogue display
with two hands in a subdial. It is water-resistant to 6 bar and is the
only
Portuguese model with crown protection as well as luminescent hands
and indices.
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Equipped with these technical features, the watch is a
reliable partner in any situation. In an allusion to extreme sailing,
the 360-degree rotor is modelled on a ship’s wheel. The timepiece is
supplied with a black rubber strap featuring an alligator leather inlay.
A big watch with a grand tradition
With its beautifully laid-out silver-plated dial and blued hands and
indices, the
Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph“ Ocean Racer” is the
perfect chronograph.
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The tradition behind the
Portuguese watch family
goes all the way back to the precision nautical instruments used by
seafarers to discover the world. The
Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph
“Ocean Racer” is the sportiest model ever to emerge in the history of a
watch family with a tradition going back more than 70 years.
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While the
model named simply the
Yacht Club –
IWC’s most successful watch of the
1960s and
70s – was a solid vessel in the current of time, the new
Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph “Ocean Racer” mirrors the elegance of a
racing yacht. And, as is well known, the equipment used for navigation
on the high seas has to meet the most exacting demands.
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Casting off for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014–2015
Probably the most spectacular of all off-shore sailing events, the
Volvo Ocean Race starts on 4 October with an in-port race at Alicante in
Spain. The crews then battle it out on four oceans taking them to five
continents, before the victorious crew reaches Gothenburg in Sweden in
June 2015.
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Knut Frostad,
CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race, is pleased to have
IWC
Schaffhausen on board as Official Timekeeper for the second time:
“With
its well-deserved reputation for precision and its innovative spirit, IWC is the ideal partner for us.”
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In addition, IWC
offers a special prize to the team that covers the greatest distance in
any one 24-hour period. All the crews will be eager to secure the
coveted IWC trophy because, at the end of the
race, the Swiss watch manufacturer will present each member of the crew
that covers the single greatest distance within a period of 24 hours
during the course of the entire race with a Portuguese Yacht Club
Chronograph “Ocean Racer”.
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Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing puts to sea again
IWC Schaffhausen has renewed its
commitment as official sponsor of the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team, which
took part in the last race as the first Arab challenger in the history
of the Volvo Ocean Race.
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Two-time Olympic silver medal winner Ian
Walker, who is once more in charge at the helm, is delighted that the
partnership has been renewed:
“We are proud that we can count on IWC’s
support again. Our crew is a true international mix, and includes
members from the previous race, and some new faces, all of whom are in
the elite category of world class sailors. We aim to win this race, and
thanks to our sponsor have exactly the reliable backup we need.” Just as
well, then, that a watch with the credentials of the
Portuguese Yacht
Club Chronograph “Ocean Racer” will be out there with them.
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Technical Specifications
Model: PORTUGUESE Edition Yacht Club Chronograph "Ocean Racer"
Reference: IW390216 Limited Edition to 1000
watches
FEATURES
Mechanical chronograph movement
Self-winding –
IWC-manufactured
89361 calibre (
89000-calibrefamily)
IWC’s double-pawl winding – Flyback function
Stopwatch function with hours, minutes and seconds
Hour and minute counters combined in a totalizer at 12 o’clock
Date display – Small hacking seconds
Crown protection – Sapphire-glass back
360-degree rotor in the shape of a ship’s wheel
Case-back ring, engraved with “
IWC PORTUGIESER YACHT CLUB OCEAN RACER • ONE OUT OF 1000”
Limited Edition to
1000 watches
MOVEMENT
Calibre:
89361
Frequency: 28,800 A/h / 4 Hz
Jewels: 38
Power reserve: 68 h
Winding: automatic
WATCH
Materials:
Stainless-steel case, silver-plated dial, blued numerals,
hands and indices coated with Super-LumiNova®*,
black rubber strap with alligator leather inlay, folding clasp in stainless steel
Glass: sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
Crown: screw-in
Water-resistant: 6 bar
Diameter: 45,4 mm
Case height: 14,5 mm
* IWC Schaffhausen is not the owner of the Super-LumiNova® trademark.
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