Clepsydra's Incredible Article on Vintage Portuguese watches and their hallmarks...

Among the best of my experiences on this forum has been becoming friends with many collectors, including especially Antonio Gomes from Portugal.

Tony, who posts as clepsydra on the forum, is a terrific guy, quick-witted and always with bright and frequently penetrating insights. He's also a true collector of vintage IWC watches and a serious student of horology.

Tony researched and wrote a truly scholarly article article entitled "IWC Vintage Portuguese: Identification of the Hallmark on ref. 325". The article was published in the April 2015 issue of the British Horological Journal. I'm please to let you know that you can view and download this great work at www.iwcforum.com/IWC.pdf.

The first page is shown below, but due to size restrictions with this forum's software it's best to view and save the PDF version linked above.

Hurrah!

It's rare anymore to have new information about our favorite watches, especially when you've been around the Forum as long as I have... but then comes a wonderful article like this which gets us into the history of such a historic piece!
I'm so pleased this was accepted into the Horological Journal- it deserves such status.
Thanks Antonio for enlightening us, and thanks for posting it, Michael.

Nelson

I had a chance to see a preview of this fine piece of research when Antonio gave a presentation in Schaffhausen. This a perfect example of the high level of scholarship offered by some of the collectors on this forum. Thank you, Antonio!

Article saved to my computer. Thx.!!!
Roberto

Fantastic! I was also lucky to be in Schaffhausen during Antonio presentation! It's great that it's issued as the article as well!

Just few old photos from presentation in October 2014:

Antonio is a true Master Collector, an horolgy scholar and a fine gentleman. Thanks for sharing this brilliant article - and congrats Antonio!

Who else is better qualified to publish such an article than Antonio?
Thank you for putting it on the Forum.

Thanks for posting this. Excellent information!

Really a great article. Thanks so much Tony.

Congrats Tony, that's fantastic news and a very informative article :o)

This is why I love the forum so much. This is one fantastic article. Thank you very much for sharing it with us!! :) Much appreciated!

Fantastic article, thank you so much Antonio!

Kind regards,

Bob

was privileged to see the fine lecture at schaffhahusen too, but great to be able to relieve through this article. thanks antonio.

regards,
thang

Antonio,

Missed your presentation in Schaffhausen - glad to read this very informative and solidly researched article!

Thanks a lot!
/Anders

Many thanks to all for the kind comments but especially to Michael, who I am proud to count among the friends I made through this forum.

Dear Tony,

Thank you for solving one of the great mysteries for me. I never could figure out what the hallmark was. It was just so hard to tell thanks to you, now I know!I echo everyone else's comments and want to thank you for a very informative piece.

Regards, George

To understand the history of one of the most sought after IWC icons Ref. 325, it is essential that parts of it inheritance not present in the IWC archives, are researched and published by collectors.
There is only one outstanding author who could do this....
Kind regards,
Adrian,
(alwaysiwc).

The live presentation was fabulous and followed up by this journal article is the cherry on the cake and a lovely reward for your scholarly work, tenacity and perseverence. Bravo and Congratulations.