This original Portugieser was just uncovered and successfully acquired by a forum member. When it rains, it pours. Maybe the price will come down now that the market appears glutted? (just kidding)
It is a Calibre 74 watch that left Schaffhausen for Portugal in 1943.
Regards,
Michael
I just booked my flight to Portugal!!! lol nt
nt
Great news
and my compliments to the Forum Member.
Best regards
Argiris
Dear Santa...I have been VERY good this year..
Quite incredible.
It is good to see these gems surfacing...
60 to 70 years after manufacture.
excellent - well done whoever it was
Great that a forum member got it.
Are you sure, really sure?..............nt
Maybe it is the holiday season or >>>
the economy or the new administration in Washington : ) that has lifted the embargo on these classic IWC's. It is a joy to see photos of these icons...perhaps one day we call see one up close and personal.
Bill
An easier trip than Afghanistan ;) (nt)
Sure! A little TLC at the Schaffhausen Spa and >
she'll look just like her 1993 daughter.
Thanks for sharing Michael.
Congratulations to the owner.
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Isobars.
Another great find !
Congratulations to the (new) owner !
Regards,
[i]Stefan
Just Wow.....
... I look since a long time for an original one...
... was never lucky ...
... or those who own and know hat they have do not sell them :-(
good luck for the one how get (got?) it
Ralph
No Worries Ralph, just keep working towards >
your 5242 :-)
Best from Isobars.
Another tick in the DNA puzzle. Great news! nt
What can one say....
... it's quite unbelievable but strange things hapen all the time so why not a 3th ref. 325 in one week. I really lover the dial on this one! A great find again...
I need to travel more ;-) >>
why do I never find something like this on a bazar LOL?
Wonderful though!
incredeable.. just great!!
Incredible......who will be the third one lucky(nt
So thing really do come in threes
Recently on the Tuesdays Tour of the Archive I referred to Hans Goerter's discovery of an original Portugieser and less than three weeks later another two are rediscovered!
Congratulations to the owners.
Cheers from the cellar
