Portuguese Sidérale Scafusia

Hooray! finally a 24 h IWC. Now, if the Fed will just send me some of that extra cash they keep flooding the market with ;-)

Cheers from Isobars.

What an excellent complication to add. In IWC tradition it is good to see the focus on accuracy, with sidereal time only deviating by 11.5 seconds over a year.

I hope we see further (and larger) images of the rear of the watch.

Cheers from the cellar

this is snapped from the video:

Fantastic - I love it, even if I don't have much use for Sidereal time, or the Perpetual Calendar telling me it is day number 211 :-)

I love it for the looks and for the complicated engineering required - SUBLIME!!!

Siderale time: the greatest accomplishment would be a mechanical watch that deviates by just 11.5 seconds a year.

Spectacular watch. This is what I like to see from IWC. Wonderful complications, beautifully executed. Now where did I put that lottery ticket?
regards,
Dan

is the watch already available in the flagship store in Hong Kong? hope you guys can let me know! :) if it is then I'm flying there asap

You better win the jackpot. LOL

not yesterday, no.

thanks Master Shing for the insight! :) i cannot wait for this marvelous piece to land in the flagship in HK :)

This is really a great masterpiece of watchmaking art.

This weekend i had the opportunity to see a similar masterpiece. In Esslingen we have one of the oldest mechanical astromonic clocks in Germany. It is dated from 1589. And since this weekend we also have a copy of the most precise mechanical astronomical clock, the Harmonices Mundi in our city hall. I has been donated by Festo, a company near Esslingen there the clock has been developed to the city. If you ever are near Esslingen take a look at it!

Franz, really cool link - that Harmonices Mundi sure is something too.

Not as small and uaseable as the Siderale, but fantastic still - thanks for sharing!

I'm sitting here having a quiet moment and enjoying the world of IWC and this great Forum. Under the "About IWC" header I found an older article from Business Week where a number of "most expensive" watches were shown.
Take a look at this Panerai - images.businessweek.com/ss/10/04/0406_most_expensive_watches/7.htm

Kindof similar features to the Siderale, but not even close to as great looking in my opinion (and I do like Panerais - I'm the owner of two :-))

How much just for the box that it comes in? Lol

The box is as amazing as this watch.

And Siderale time has been done before - but again the IWC trumps the mighty PP in my opinion!!

images.businessweek.com/ss/10/04/0406_most_expensive_watches/24.htm

Well, if you compare the both, at least the PP has a more practical date indication, and you don't need to take the watch off your wrist to see it. For about the same price, that is a pre in my opinion.

Kind regards,
Paul

OK Michael, let's say that the Sidérale is not seriously intended to be sold, I guess you need a bit of a money problem to consider buying it. To me the Sidérale is a "triumph of technique", an endeavour to find out what you can do with a very complex problem, that really almost nobody needs to get solved. But the result of that endeavour may be useful for future developments: I at least think that the constant force tourbillon could be seen in other watches too. And let's not forget the image building resulting from this project, I think that is great: after quite a while IWC proves again that it is on the pinnacle of cutting-edge watch technology. Seeing it this way, who would care about its double sided croc strap?

Kind regards,
Paul

I really appreciate that it's not only a piece of marvelous engineering, but it is truly a piece of art - a fairly practical piece of art because it can be used every day :-)(even if some of the aspects are "less" practical)

And not to forget, it's a thing of real beauty as well :-)

The watch is personalised because of the setting about the place where you live at that moment, so you get your own information on the "skyline", and sunrise and sunset. I wonder: when you move to another town or country, is it possible to get the watch reset to the new parameters: is that a simple operation, or does this mean a maybe expensive overhaul of the watch?

Kind regards,
Paul