• 5 Feb 2021, 7:34 a.m.

    I got a call last week from my AD that two new models arrived at his shop. For
    me that is just like hitting the startbutton of my car, instant reaction ;)

    So 30 minutes later I was at his place to have a look at the Timezoner Petit
    Prince and the Portugieser YC Moon&Tide.

    The last one was not the one I expected to be appealing to me from what I saw
    from the renderings on the net. But how wrong I was, this is "in the flesh" so
    much better looking. The combination of the 18ct 5N gold with the bkue dial is
    amazing. And IWC is still the company with the best looking blue dials around.

    The case is 44,6 mm and a good fit to the wrist.

    The big difference from the pictures is for me the inner bezel, On some
    pictures I thought it made the watch let's say not elegant, but when you see
    it live, it works very well and adds to the beauty of the watch. I hope my
    pictures can capture it well.

    It is an unique complication, not a cheap watch, I heard people saying that
    for a few K more you can get a perpetual... That is true, but I think the ones
    having an eye on this one, or already have a perpetual , or are looking for
    that specific complication of the Moon&Tide, combined with the moonphase.

    As I love the blue dials, so I like the Timezoner Petit Prince, I love the
    applied numerals like in the first BP Petit Prince.

    And I bought some new shoes for the Portugieser Monopusher, Laureus

  • Apprentice
    5 Feb 2021, 9:48 a.m.

    Dear Tonny, thank you very much for your nice report and the photos!

    Indeed, very beautiful timepieces again!

  • Master
    5 Feb 2021, 4:46 p.m.

    Stirs the juices seeing these. Thanks for sharing.

  • Master
    5 Feb 2021, 10:50 p.m.

    Great photos Tonny, really nice to see. I hadn't thought much of the internal
    bezel on the Moon & Tide, but now that you mention it, it strikes me as an
    odditiy. A chronograph scale without the chronograph complication. The watch
    really only needs the railroad track style
    hour/minute chapter ring on the dial. Still a beautiful watch, however.

  • Master
    6 Feb 2021, 9:20 a.m.

    Thanks for sharing Tonny, really special pieces and I love the stap on your
    Laureus!

    Regards, Bob

  • Apprentice
    6 Feb 2021, 5:04 p.m.

    Thanks for the pictures and impressions. That Yacht Club is truly sporty
    elegance. I like your new strap too, is it an IWC product?

  • Connoisseur
    6 Feb 2021, 9:33 p.m.

    Thanks for sharing Tonny. Great to see these close up.