Help me please.

I was recently given a watch passed down from my father after he passed away, however I have not been able to find information on it. I believe it is from the Portofino line it is all stainless 3 knobs on right side of watch black face and shows only the day of date between the 4 & 5 it has a number stamped on back 2720959. Can you please help me identify this watch so I can learn about it Thank You

Hi,

Hazarding a guess, would this watch have been purchased around mid-late 90s ?

Pics would help, if u could share them here on this forum.

Erstwhile, these too can assist:
DateYourIWC by case and movement number (I prefer the applet version at the bottom)
Vintage Catalogs
Instructions found here on how you can also order an extract from IWC archives to verify authenticity.

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Alespi,

I may have lead you down the wrong path, as your Portofino is probably newer that I assumed it to be. The links I posted were more for older IWCs.

The IWC Workbook helped me locate these, so do give a shout out if any of them look familiar.

Portofino Chronograph ref 3730

Portofino Chronograph ref 3724

Thank You Shing for all the valuable information my watch resembles the lower of the two pics you have provided however there are some differences on the face of the watch. As per the year or when around I have no clue, the face of the watch has a triangle @ 12 location and has the #'s 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 small squares @ 3 6 & 9 locations and the day screen for the date is squared white background with black numbering.

hmm interesting. pics would be a definite help (to me). also, what made you believe it was in the portofino collection ?

Actually I was looking through a link you provided and found the watch is exactly as 9541 only in stainless

Found it Shing! It is model # 3741-002 now learning how to wind. Do you by any chance know where I can go to get extension links for the stainless steel wrist strap?

Gotcha! Thanks Michael.

Regards, Al