Hello there everyone,
At home I have a big white wall that needs decoration. I would love to make a
nice picture wall with images of different dial variations of the legendary
reference 325.
If you have pictures of any dial version, please don't hesitate to share in
the comments or via e-mail.
Pictured is the best Portuguese I could do hahaha the Pisa! ❤️
Hi Koen,
Lost your email address.
Please contact me.
Adrian,
(alwaysiwc)
I have received the pictures in my email. Thank you big time! :)
Great initiative Koen - I love the 325 AND your Pisa.
I hope you can share an image when it's all done!
My 325 Cal watch was one of the very first Portuguese watches. IWC documented
it as being sold in 1939 to Taxiera and Gonçalves in Lisbon, based on the case
and movement numbers. The Caliber 74 movement runs with chronometer precision.
The power reserve is about 35 hours due to the incorporation of a special
"Maltese cross" device in the mainspring
to offset isochronism, according to IWC. Not sure if all caliber 74 movements
had this Maltese cross device. Notice the small stamped hallmark on the upper
left lug which denotes this watch as a watch from this Lisbon watch dealer.
I found this watch in 1998 at a small second-hand watch shop in Hong Kong with
a price tag of a few hundred dollars. I think the name of the shop was Bern
Orologie. I thought long and hard over a delicious
bowl of noodles about whether I should buy it. When I concluded, quite
correctly, that I might never see anothe like it, I went back to the shop and
planked down my money. Is anyone
familiar with this shop? This watch at the time was on a horrible large new
black strap
with steel rivets that looked like something out of the Hell's Angels (no
offense), but the watch
exuded the nobility of a great timepiece nonetheless. How could I pass it by?
I submitted to Timezone in 2001 a short story of my trip from Beijing, my home
at the time, to Hong Kong and the interesting events that led to my purchase
of this watch.
That entry, I'm afraid, might be lost in the ether now as Timezone has since
recalibrated its website. Maybe I should try to resuscitate it.
great story thank you
