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USER MANUAL Portugieser IWC

Welcome to the small circle of individuals who, if we are to be absolutely precise, demand slightly more of a watch than absolute precision. Appreciation of a watch is more than mere appreciation of the correct time. It is enthusiasm for an ingenious idea. For the interplay between precision and imagination. Between time and timelessness. Between boundaries and infinity. Between laws to which the entire world is subject, and taste, which cannot be dictated to anyone. That is why, since 1868, we have been devoting rather more of our time to watches that must not only run with absolute precision but which also, with every passing second, exert a fascination with the great achievements of master craftsmanship: a fascination with new inventions of a technical, material or formal nature, even if they are concealed in minute details that are perhaps not even visible. You are now the owner of a beautiful new example of this IwC tradition. We would like to congratulate you on your choice and send you our best wishes for the time you will spend with your watch, which perhaps cannot be described with any greater accuracy than it is here.

IWC MANAGEMENT

THE TECHNICAL REFINEMENTS OF THE PORTUGUESE CHRONOGRAPH

Your IWC watch shows you the time in hours, minutes and seconds. You can use the integrated chronograph to measure any period of time in seconds and minutes. Stop times can be added together. The mechanical movement with automatic winding has a power reserve of approximately 44 hours when fully wound. Your watch is protected by a convex sapphire glass of hardness grade 9 on Mohs' scale and is water-resistant 3 bar. To ensure that this extraordinary watch continues to perform faultlessly in the future, it is essential to observe a few important operating instructions.

1 Hour hand

Minute counter 5

2 Minute hand

Crown 6

3 Seconds hand

Start/stop button 7

4 Chronograph seconds hand

Reset button 8

FUNCTIONS OF THE CROWN

NORMAL POSITION

With the crown in the normal position (0), you can also wind the automatic movement by hand. A few revolutions of the crown are enough to start the movement. However, it is better to wind the watch by turning the crown through approximately 20 revolutions as this will ensure maximum accuracy. The crown must always be in position 0 when you are wearing your watch.

TIME SETTING

Pull out the crown to position 1. This will stop the movement. To set the time accurately to the second, it is best to stop the movement as the seconds hand passes 60. Now move the minute hand a few minute strokes beyond the time to be set. Then position the minute hand by moving it gently backwards until it is exactly above the correct minute stroke. This ensures that the minute hand begins to move immediately when you restart the movement. To start the seconds hand, push in the crown to position 0.

READING THE CHRONOGRAPH

Chronograph seconds hand: The scale for the central chronograph seconds hand runs around the edge of the dial.

Minute counter: The 30-minute scale with a slow jumping hand is situated at 12 o'clock on the subdial. This hand makes two complete revolutions in one hour.

USING THE CHRONOGRAPH

Start: To start the chronograph, press the start/stop button.

Stop: To stop the chronograph, press the start/stop button again.

Reset: Press the reset button. This will reset all the chronograph hands to zero.

Aggregate time recording: You can add stop times together by pressing the start/stop button again after the first measurement instead of the reset button.

WATER-RESISTANCE

The water-resistance of IwC watches is stated in bar and not in metres. Metres, which are often used elsewhere in the watch industry to indicate water-resistance, cannot be equated with dive depth because of the test procedures that are frequently used. Water-resistance shown in metres provides no indication as to actual use of the watch in the presence of moisture and wetness, and in or under water. Recommendations for use in connection with the water-resistance of your watch can be found on the Internet at www.iwc.com/water-resistance. Your authorized IwC Official Agent will also be pleased to provide you with information.

To ensure that your watch continues to function perfectly, you should have it checked by an IwC service centre at least once a year. Your watch should also be tested after exposure to unusually harsh conditions. If the tests are not carried out as stipulated, or if the watch is opened by unauthorized persons, IwC will accept no warranty or liability claims.

Recommendation: Your authorized IwC Official Agent must carry out a water-resistance test whenever your IwC watch is opened and serviced.

NOTE

Leather is a natural and permeable material. Make sure, therefore, that the high-quality leather strap does not come into contact with water, oily substances, solvents, cleaning agents or cosmetic products. This way you can prevent discoloration and premature ageing of the material.

SERVICING YOUR PORTUGUESE CHRONOGRAPH

Although the parts in this watch are all manufactured from top-quality materials, a number of components are subject to natural wear and tear. It is particularly important to ensure that the points at which wear occurs are always well lubricated and that oil contaminated by metal abrasion is regularly removed. For this reason, we recommend that you have your watch serviced approximately every five years. Please contact an authorized IWC Official Agent or send your watch directly to the IWC Customer Service Department in Schaffhausen.

Effective from December 2012. Technical specifications subject to change.

Branch of Richemont International SA

Baumgartenstrasse 15

CH-8201 Schaffhausen

Switzerland

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