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Gentleman Sailor: Testing the IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph

IWC launched the Portugieser Yacht Club in 2010 into the sporty yet elegant world of sailing. For 2020, the nautical chronograph model has a classic look and a steel bracelet upgrade. We give it a thorough review in this feature from the WatchTime archives.

The new IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph is a watch you can wear with confidence anywhere at the marina. A first glance shows that the third generation of the sportiest Portugieser model, our test watch, is designed to be both a nautical timepiece and a luxury accessory. The first impression is confirmed upon closer inspection of its polished and satin-finish case, sunburst blue dial and brightly polished hands. Every component is flawlessly finished and worthy to be part of the supremely elegant Portugieser collection.

For the first time in its 10-plus-year history, this Portugieser Yacht Club boasts a steel bracelet rather than a rubber or leather strap — a sturdy but elegant IWC steel bracelet with brushed outer links and polished inner links. Shortening the bracelet involves simply pressing a button on the back of each row of sturdy links to remove it. Unlike simpler bracelet designs, using screws or hammering is not needed.

Inside the safety folding clasp, there is also a quick extension piece that quickly and easily lengthens the bracelet by up to 7 mm. Pressing the polished “IWC” button on the outer bar of the clasp extends the bracelet in seven increments — without ever removing the watch from your wrist. Two safety buttons round out the sturdy and well-designed folding clasp.

Detailed Modifications In addition to the bracelet, the dial has also been updated. The central chronograph hand is now steel-gray instead of red, and the date window has been shifted from the 3 o’clock position to the small seconds subdial at 6 o’clock. Both changes enhance the elegance of the Yacht Club and were well received by our editorial staff.

The elegant impression is diminished, however, by the enlargement of the already considerable stainless-steel case from 43.5 mm to 44.6 mm. Our editorial staff admitted that no one among them had a wrist to match its substantial dimensions.

Even so, the large, heavy watch is quite comfortable to wear thanks to ergonomically shaped sloping lugs and a supple steel bracelet. Unfortunately, the flexibility and adjustability of the IWC’s bracelet results in relatively large gaps between the links, which can catch and pull hair.

Proven Technology Components taken from earlier generations of the Yacht Club include the sturdy and powerful in-house movement, Caliber 89361, with many excellent features like a 68-hour power reserve; a traditional column-wheel control mechanism; the brand’s own exceptionally efficient Pellaton dual-pawl winding system; a free-sprung, temperature-resistant Glucydur balance wheel; and a flyback function for the direct restarting of the running chronograph. It can also show off beautiful decorative finishes, gold-enhanced engraving and a gold IWC medallion on the skeletonized oscillating rotor. Another feature of the in-house movement is the combined 12-hour and 60-minute counter in the upper half of the dial, which is intended to show elapsed time intuitively, as on a clock. The combined counter is too small for everyday use, however, and its markings are too fine to read elapsed time to the minute quickly and easily. The chronograph seconds track around the dial is also extremely fine, and the central chronograph seconds hand is insufficiently long to fully reach it. In sum, it’s a mixed bag, with clearly legible time and date, and elapsed time that is much more difficult to read.

Accurate Rate Our rate test revealed more about the Swiss movement. The electronic timing machine showed a negligibly small daily rate of +0.8 seconds, a maximum deviation between the positions of only 4 seconds and almost the same values when the chronograph is engaged. A two-week wearing test confirmed the small daily deviation with values between zero and +2 seconds — making our test watch a reliable partner for everyday use.

In addition to the movement, another feature of the Yacht Club that hasn’t changed arouses mixed feelings — the pressure resistance of six bar that corresponds to water pressure at a depth of 60 meters. Although this may sound like a lot at first, the water resistance as it is tested under laboratory conditions is rather low for a nautical luxury sports watch linked to the world of sailing. Coming in contact with spray or waves means a watch should be resistant to at least 10 bar or 100 meters to ensure a certain degree of security in a variety of different environments. And even though this still isn’t a lot, it is the current standard for any water sports watch not explicitly designed for diving.

Advice for boat owners is simply this: it’s better to wear this watch in the evening, below deck, or to dinner at the marina, and either take it easy onboard during the day or rely on a sports watch that is clearly defined as such. The new Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph is well equipped for normal everyday wear and light sports activities — and is the perfect gentleman sailor for social events on or below deck.

SPECS: Manufacturer: IWC Schaffhausen, Baumgartenstrasse 15, 8201 Schaffhausen, Switzerland Reference number: IW390701 Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds, flyback chronograph with combined 60-minute and 12-hour counter, date Movement: In-house Caliber 89361, automatic, 28,800 vph, 38 jewels, hack mechanism, quick date adjustment, Incabloc shock absorber, column wheel, fine regulator with screw weights, Glucydur balance, 68-hour power reserve, diameter = 30 mm, height = 7.5 mm Case: Stainless steel, domed sapphire crystal with anti-glare coating on both sides, screw-down crown, threaded caseback with sapphire crystal viewing window, water resistant to 60 m Bracelet and cla­­sp: Stainless-steel bracelet with safety folding clasp and quick extension Rate results (deviation in seconds per 24 hours, with chronograph switched off/on): Dial up 0 / +1 Dial down +3 / +2 Crown up -1 / -2 Crown down +2 / +2 Crown left +2 / +3 Crown right -1 / -3 Greatest deviation 4 / 6 Average deviation +0.8 / +0.5 Average amplitude: Flat positions 287° / 273° Hanging positions 257° / 236° Dimensions: Diameter = 44.6 mm, height = 14.3 mm, weight = 170 grams Variations: With silver dial (Ref. IW390702, $13,100); with stainless-steel and rose-gold case and bracelet (Ref. IW390703, $19,900) Price: $13,100

SCORES: Strap and clasp (max. 10 points): Very attractive, highly functional stainless-steel bracelet with safety folding clasp and quick extension. Large gaps between links. 9 ­­­ Operation (5): Generously sized, smoothly operating pushers are easier to use than the screw-down crown. The large crown is easy to turn but needs some force to pull out. The chronograph has a flyback function for direct restart of an ongoing timing sequence. 4 Case (10): The case is beautifully finished but is rather simple and water resistant to only 60 meters. 8 Design (15): Attractive combination of sportiness and elegance. The superior quality of every component is easily apparent. 14 Legibility (5): The time and date are both easy to read, but elapsed time presents more difficulty. Bright luminous material. 4 Wearing comfort (10): The heavy watch lies comfortably on the wrist, but the metal bracelet catches fine wrist hair. 7 Movement (20): The in-house caliber stands out with its column wheel, Glucydur balance, fine regulation, extended power reserve, efficient dual-pawl winding mechanism and attractive decorations. 17 Rate results (10): The watch can boast absolute reliability with an average daily gain of 0.8 seconds and a maximum deviation between the positions of 4 seconds. Individual values are similar even when the chronograph is engaged. 9 Overall value (15): IWC has created a luxury chronograph at a high price, but it has a lot to offer. 11 Total: 83 POINTS

Beautiful execution of details. Good to see that IWC decided to upgrade the Portugieser from quasigirly watch to man-sized. It’s hardly an Arni watch though.

I would buy this watch in a second (no pun intended) except for the high price. As for the increased diameter, I have a large wrist and do not buy watches less than 43 mm. Smaller diameters look terrible on me. If you need a large diameter watch reviewer, let me know. Thanks.

Two big problems for me. The size (too big), very few people have wrist size like Arni, water tightness 60m is a joke.

I really like this IWC watch, however, it’s shallow water resistance at the price, is a non-starter. IWC is certainly capable of increasing the water resistance range.

I always enjoy my Watchtime magazine when it arrives, and the email updates. Regarding IWC’s new Yacht Club, I think it is a beautiful watch. I have a large wrist, so, I will not wear a watch under 43mm. Smaller watches look too small. I do have trouble with the 60 meter water resistance, but find myself looking at this watch over and over in your magazine. That is when I know I want it. Hope to order one in the near future.

I’m veary interested in watches and would love to know more about them. I would like to see , the new modells.

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Hands-on with the IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph IW390703

Charlotte Harris

The stainless steel sports watch continues to reign supreme in the realm of horology and for IWC Schaffhausen, their Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph leads the genre in their portfolio. We’re very fortunate that for this week’s hands-on review, we’re getting up close and personal with one of the same; the Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph found under reference IW390703. That’s the one with the two-toned steel and 18ct rose gold case, a crisp white dial and full metal bracelet.  

The IWC Portugieser Yacht Club 

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The story of the IWC Portugieser is one of my favourites. It all began during the 1930’s when two Portuguese businessmen approached IWC with a request for a large, highly accurate wristwatch with the precision of a marine chronometer. In response, IWC introduced the first Portugieser watch in 1939, it boasted a large case and a pocket watch movement with high levels of accuracy. It was a clean, timeless-looking watch with a simple dial, Arabic numerals and slim leaf-shaped hands – characteristics still well-known in today’s Portugieser collection. 

Fast forward to the 1960s, and the demand for yachting and sailing watches was growing so IWC decided to merge the elegance of the Portugieser with the functionality of a nautical timepiece, giving rise to the IWC Yacht Club collection. The Yacht Club models are ultimately the sporty brothers of the dressier Portugieser designs, offering increased water resistance and rubber strap options. 

2020 was a fairly big year for the Portugieser family as the collection was completely singled out by the Swiss watchmaker to be revamped and revitalised. Proportions were reduced ever so slightly, improvements were made to the glass and more importantly, almost the entirety of the collection now utilised in-house movements, further increasing the value propositions of these watches.  

These updates also included those in the Yacht Club line-up and one of the first models to be launched as part of the updated series was reference IW390703, the very model we’re getting hands-on with today. 

The IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph IW390703 

The IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronographs are the biggest models in the Portugieser family, which makes sense since these are designed to be robust, water resistant sports watches after all. That said, the dimensions do feel a little outdated and this was my initial reaction when I tried on the IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph IW390703 for myself. 

I’m not someone who can pull off a watch larger than 42mm, but even so, the 44.6mm width of the IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph feels big even for a sports watch. These days, people seem to be opting for slightly smaller watches between the 36mm and 42mm mark. That said, this is a watch that packs a punch in its visuals and the sizing assists with that – especially its tall 53.5mm lug-to-lug size. 

While tall and wide, something that did surprise me about the case was the height. It appears slimmer than the 14.3mm dimensions marked on the watch’s specifications. The downturned, tear-drop shaped lugs help with this as does the finishing used on the stainless steel components. In this instance, the case sides and steel bracelet links are brushed while the top side of the lugs, 18ct rose gold bezel, crown guards, and rose gold bracelet links are polished. 

The IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph IW390703 watch lives up to its name as a nautical companion and offers a 100 metre water resistant rating assisted by a screw down crown with integrated pushers. On either side of the crown, two classically shaped piston chronograph pushers allow you to manipulate the complication on display. There’s also sapphire crystal glass on the top and back.  

The dial of the IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph IW390703 watch is really nicely executed. Despite displaying a whole lot of functionality, it still manages to keep things clean and tidy. The display is white and set with raised, 18ct rose gold Arabic numerals each paired with their own slightly luminescent index. To match, the leaf-shaped central hands for the hours and minutes are luminous and sit beside a slim chronograph seconds hand in 18ct rose gold. 

The display also presents a 60 minute track around the periphery which leads down to the Portugieser’s traditional printed railroad track in black. To match, black printing is used on the scales for the small seconds, joined by a bright red hand and integrated date window, and the clever 12 o’clock counter for both the chronograph’s minutes and hours. It is ingenious integrations like this that helps to keep the IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph looking so tidy. 

Fuelling the IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph IW390703 watch is the in-house 89361 automatic winding movement. This is where more of the updates for the Portugieser can be found. It comes with a four pawl, rather than a two pawl, Pellaton winding system and arrives with a 68 hour power reserve when fully wound. There are also 38 jewels, a frequency of 28,800vph and some very attractive Côtes de Genève decoration visible through the case back.  

Before today, I always thought of the IWC Portugieser Yacht Club as sporty and nautical, as it should be with a name like that. So, when reference IW390703 arrived on, I was surprised at just how dressy it wore. We all know a strap can change the look of a watch dramatically, and that’s definitely the case here. The two-toned stainless steel and 18ct rose gold bracelet makes this watch feel flashy and luxurious. 

Don’t let that put you off though. The addition of the bracelet allows this model to be an almost perfect blend of some of IWC’s more aggressive sports watches and their more stereotypically sophisticated dress watches. Plus, if you do prefer a more casual, laid-back look, you could easily swap out this bracelet for one of rubber or textile. 

Conclusion  

There have been several occasions in my career where I have had to pinch myself to remind myself my job is real. Being sent an IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph to review, one in 18ct rose gold with full two-toned bracelet, was one of these occasions. I’ve not had much hands-on time with IWC before, so this was a real treat.  

It’s a beautiful watch with incredible finishing and a top-end movement to match. Reference IW390703 is definitely the dressiest model out of the current line-up, but it’s a wonderful example of sports elegance and I have no doubt it will suit those with a love of large, flashy watches. While it might not be one to recommend to newbies in the watch collecting world, or those with smaller wrists, it’s certainly one deserving of many collector’s bucket lists. 

The IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph IW390703 is part of the Swiss watchmaker’s permanent collection and is available for £17,800. 

Technical Specifications: 

• Brand: IWC Schaffhausen 
• Model: Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph IW390703  
• Price: £17,800 
• Material: Stainless steel & 18ct rose gold 
• Movement: In-house calibre 89361 automatic winding 
• Complications: Hours, minutes, small seconds, chronograph seconds, minutes and hours 
• Dial: White with 18ct rose gold hands and numerals 
• Size: 44.6mm wide, 14.3mm tall 
• Strap: Two-toned bracelet 
• Water Resistance: 100 metres 
• Glass: Sapphire crystal  

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The New IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph (Live Pics & Pricing)

A larger case, subtle design tweaks and a new bracelet for the most nautical portugieser in the collection..

A decade after its maiden voyage, the third-generation Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph (Ref. 3907) sails into port. The novelties are a larger case size, the relocation of the date window, some fine-tuning on the dial and a new metal bracelet. Still ticking to the tune of in-house automatic calibre 89361 with a flyback function and a unique chronograph display using one dial to indicate elapsed hours and minutes, the IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph comes in three iterations. The sportiest of the Portugieser family, the latest revamp of the Yacht Club has notched up the dress factor of the watch considerably. Just ahead of the official Watches & Wonders digital launch, we were able to spend some time with these three models.

Brief History of the Yacht Club

The Yacht Club, as we know it today, made its debut in 2010. However, there was a 1967 Yacht Club antecedent. This first Yacht Club (Ref. 811) was a three-hand and date model with an extremely robust shock-absorption system and marketed as a sporty alternative to the Ingenieur. Ten years later, in the midst of the quartz crisis, designer Gerald Genta turned his hand to the Yacht Club II and fitted it with an octagonal bezel. Only a few thousand mechanical pieces were produced converting them into a coveted collector’s item.

Revived in 2010, the Yacht Club became a part of the Portugieser family and was endowed with a sophisticated flyback chronograph movement based on the first manufacture chronograph movement (83960) to be developed in its entirety in Schaffhausen in 2007. As a flyback chronograph, you can stop, reset and start the chrono functions with one button – designed to record consecutive events without having to sacrifice valuable seconds. The particularity of this flyback chronograph was the display: instead of two individual counters for the elapsed hours and minutes, these were housed in one single sub-dial at 12 o’clock reserving the second sub-dial at 6 o’clock for the running seconds.

Although the Portugieser line is not populated by sports watches, the incorporation of the Yacht Club made sense; if you recall, the first 1939 Portugieser was, in fact, a downsized nautical marine chronometer made at the behest of two Portuguese businessmen who wanted the precision of a marine chronometer in wristwatch format.

As a sports watch with a nautical theme, the 2010 Yacht Club came with 60m water-resistance and crown protectors along with pushers shaped like bollards. The watch also sported luminous hands and markers. However, as a member of the elite Portugieser family, it displayed hallmark traits like the large 45.4mm round case, the railroad minutes track, the elegant leaf-shaped hands and the applied Arabic numerals.

3Rd-Gen IWC Portugieser Yacht Club

Over the past ten years, the case size of the Yacht Club has fluctuated. Starting with a case size of 45.4mm in 2010, it was then whittled down to 43.5mm and now, in 2020, appears with a diameter of 44.6mm and a height of 14.4mm. It’s worth remembering that the original Portugieser was an extremely large watch in its day and the collection has always flaunted large watches in keeping with the spirit of its venerable 1939 ancestor.

The models we had for our hands-on session are the two-tone steel and gold model and the steel model with a blue dial or with a white dial with blue accents. The rounded rose gold bezel and the plain steel bezel are polished, a decorative motif that is echoed on the rounded and polished ingot-shaped central links on the steel bracelet. A novelty for 2020, the bracelet is exceptionally well crafted and supple on the wrist displaying contrasting matte brushed links and the raised and polished central link. The other steel elements on the case, the lugs, the pushers and the crown guards are also polished to contrast with the matte finish on the bracelet.

Subtle changes on the dial

The dial has also undergone some subtle changes, no doubt aided by the increase in size of this 2020 edition. The deep-set dial still features the quarter-second scale on the flange for measurements of shorter intervals indicated by the central chronograph hand, but you’ll notice how the sub-dial at 12 o’clock for the combined hours and minutes of the chronograph has more space around it and no longer ‘hits’ the double markers above. Another big change is the relocation of the date window from 3 o’clock to its new home inside the small seconds sub-dial at 6 o’clock, a much neater solution. The inscription IWC Schaffhausen has switched from left to right and the words Yacht Club that were formerly inside the small seconds counter are now inscribed on the dial to the right of the 9 o’clock marker.

One thing that strikes us an unusual, however, is the substitution of the central red chronograph hand for a hand to match the material of the hour and minute hands, in the case of these two models, gold-plated for the two-tone and rhodium-plated for the blue dial model. It is more difficult to consult elapsed times now – although there is a red hand on the dial that corresponds to the small seconds. As with all Portugieser watches, the Arabic numerals are applied. Depending on the model, in gold or rhodium-plated. The hands are classic leaf-shaped with a streak of lume down the centre to match the luminescence of the blocks placed on the railway minute track to highlight the hours.

The overall effect is one of balance and harmony, less sporty, perhaps even dressier for some than its predecessor.

In-House Movement

The heart of the chronograph is IWC’s 89361 manufacture calibre with a flyback function at 12 o’clock displaying the measured hours and minutes (co-axial). There is also a date display at 6 o’clock. It beats at 28,800 vibrations per hour (4Hz) with a sizeable 68-hour power reserve. This in-house automatic has 38 jewels and is a workhorse for IWC, powering many of its chronographs of the last decade.

Bracelet and Price

As mentioned, the bracelet is a novelty this year for the IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph and all three models are equipped with this ergonomic bracelet, with a micro-adjusting system. The price of the two-tone steel and 18k rose gold model (Ref. IW390703) is CHF 20,500 or EUR 19,300  and the steel models (Ref. IW390701 and IW390702) are priced at  CHF 13,500 or EUR 12,700 . More information at iwc.com .

Technical specifications – IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph

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Introducing The IWC Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph For The Volvo Ocean Race

Announced today in spain is a new limited edition iwc portuguese yacht club chronograph built to commemorate the 2011-2012 volvo ocean race, dubbed the "everest of sailing."  to the winner of race will go these water proof chronographs built for yachting, and the very first yacht club chronograph to be built in titanium.  in addition to playing official timekeepr of the whole race, the iwc trophy will go to the team that travels the furthest distance over a 24-hour period.  the iwc portuguese yacht club chronograph for the volvo ocean race is sized at 45mm, built in titanium with a carbon fiber dial, and features iwc's very own caliber 89361 with a great 68 hour power reserve, fly-back chronograph and hour and minute counters combined in a single totaliser. for more details, click here .  click through for more images. did you know the original iwc yacht club was actually designed by gerald genta, who also designed the audemars piguet royal oak , patek philippe's nautilus , and its sister within the iwc lineup, the ingenieur sl..

Announced today in Spain is a new limited edition IWC Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph built to commemorate the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race, dubbed the "Everest of Sailing."  To the winner of race will go these water proof chronographs built for yachting, and the very first Yacht Club chronograph to be built in titanium.  In addition to playing official timekeeper of the whole race, the IWC trophy will go to the team that travels the furthest distance over a 24-hour period. 

The IWC Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph for the Volvo Ocean Race is sized at 45mm, built in titanium with a carbon fiber dial, and features IWC's very own Caliber 89361 with a great 68 hour power reserve, fly-back chronograph and hour and minute counters combined in a single totaliser.

For more details, click here .  Click through for more images.

Did You Know? The original IWC Yacht Club was actually designed by Gerald Genta, who also designed the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, Patek Philippe's Nautilus, and its sister within the IWC lineup, the Ingenieur SL.

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Portugieser

ELEGANCE JOINS FORCES WITH SPORTINESS

Elegantly proportioned cases combined with stainless-steel bracelets and rubber or textile straps make the portugieser yacht club an all-round companion.

Since 2010, the Portugieser Yacht Club, an elegant sports watch designed for sailors, has combined timeless elegance with ruggedness and high-level water-resistance. With their filigree bezels and flat casing rings, the new 44-millimetre models have particularly elegant proportions. Ticking away inside is the IWC-manufactured 89361 calibre with flyback function, which combines stopped hours and minutes in a small totalizer at “12 o’clock”. A choice of straps and bracelets make this elegant sports chronograph the perfect companion for use on board, at the beach and on terra firma. The high-quality stainless-steel bracelet, with its polished and satinfinished surfaces, is pleasant to wear. For the first time ever, the watch is also available with a bicolour bracelet in 18-carat 5N gold and stainless steel. In addition,  there is a choice of hard-wearing rubber and textile straps.

The Portugieser Yacht Club Moon & Tide represents a technical highlight. For the first time, in this model, IWC presents its newly developed tide indicator. A totalizer at “6 o’clock” shows the times of high and low tide. Positioned at “6 o’clock” is an IWC speciality, the double moon phase display. It has been expanded to show the spring and neap tides and thus provides more information about the strength of current tides.

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