Question about IWC portugieser

Hello

I'm looking to acquire a pre-owned IWC Portuguiser reference Iw500704 from my
local jewelry shop. It's undated but from the service paper, it's probably
2015 to 2016. I compared it side by side with a brand new Portuguiser and
noticed that the pre owned one has off white dial while the new Portuguiser
seems to have whiter dial. Also, the.numerals on the newer one appears to
slightly bigger (if I remember correctly). Can anyone shed some light on
whether iwc updated the design of the dial since the 2015/2016 model?

I attached a snapshot of the pre owned portugieser automatic. Do you think its
legit?

Quite often differences in dial color are just the light in which to photo was
taken or the White Balance of the shot was a bit off. If everything else
checks, out you're good to go. Great watch, btw.

One ref. 500704 should look just like any other ref. 500704, any changes would
necessitate a change in reference number. The watch in your photos ceratinly
appears to be authentic. I know that movement fakes are on the rise, but this
one looks very real.

Thanks for your reply Ben. Both dials really look a bit different when I
placed them side by side but the movements appears to be identical. I've been
told fake watches have improved by leaps and bounds so any further tips would
be much appreciated.

Best regards

Jerry

Thanks for your reply Bill

[photo removed for privacy reason]

for additional
info, the pre owned watch comes with a repair warranty card like the one above
(I took a snapshot of the same watch of chrono24). What is bugging me is that
the original warranty card is not available? Would appreciate any additional
thoughts before I take the plunge to get this preowned watch.

Thanks for your help in advance!

I've checked the casenumber from the warranty card and this one really belongs
to an IW500704. That the original warranty card is missing doesn't mean
anything bad, I guess.

What is more strange, is the different size of the numerals, which can't be
within watches with the same reference. But maybe, they only seem to be
different..?

From the pictures, the watch looks good to me. But at he end, as we always say
here when it comes to used watches, you " buy the seller". As this is a local
shop, you should be able to judge, wether it's trustful or not. Listen to your
feeling.

Greetings

Philipp

Thanks for
your reply Thomas. Yeah probably it was just an impression (or my
mind just playing tricks on me). In fact I just tried to create a collage of
the two watches (left: known authentic one, right: the preowned one I'm
looking to buy) and it appears from this photo that the numeral sizes are
identical?

With regards to the retailer, they seems legit and stocks lots of other
preowned watches, including IWC. But as I said, replicas have improved leaps
and bounds and might even fooled trained eyes so it's probably a good idea to
ask for 2nd opinions as well..

Really appreciate all your feedbacks thus far. I guess I just needed a push to
proceed with my first purchase of a high end watch. Looking forward to joining
this iwc club
as an owner soon...

One more thought: I don't know anything about replicas, but I doubt that the
powerreserve of a replica watch would last for seven days. That is really long
and a speciality of IWC! So, if the watch is fully wound and then keeps on
running for seven days with the powerreserve indicater regularly decreasing,
it should be genium.

Or do other forum-members know about fake watches with such a long
powerreserve?

Greetings

Philipp

Good thinking, Philip. I'll try and ask if the retailer is happy to do this
test and let its power drain for up to 7 days without rewinding...

BR

Jerry