A striking Panda dial---IWC Portuguese Automatic Edition BJIFF 2015

The new IWC Ingenieur Automatic Edition Laureus, having an excellent blue dial. Today we are able to demonstrate another special edition that people simply need to let you know about. Why? Well, due to the dial. The new IWC Portuguese Automatic Edition BJIFF 2015 (which means Beijing Worldwide Film Festival 2015), includes a so-known as panda dial, which looks so incredibly good. It is limited to just 50 pieces, so again one which will end up a really collectable.

In 1996 IWC introduced the Portuguese Rattrapante, that was the very first from the (than new) IWC Portuguese Chronograph collection. First to become introduced were a platinum version having a silver/whitened dial along with a white gold or platinum version having a black dial and whitened dials. The second had the so-known as inverse panda dial, which later also made an appearance within the “regular” Portuguese Chronograph in stainless. In 2007 IWC introduced a restricted edition for that Japanese market, having a proper panda dial, which the first is highly collectable. The panda dial also made its appearance within the regular collection as ref. 3714-11.

The Portuguese Automatic, with IWC’s new in-house movement calibre 50000, has been around since year 2000. Initially it included a silver/whitened dial (later also having a slate gray along with a black dial) as well as in 2009 IWC designed a Portuguese Automatic Edition Laureus, having a blue dial and whitened dials - an inverse panda dial. Now the very first time there is a Portuguese Automatic having a real panda dial. The IWC Portuguese Automatic Edition BJIFF 2015 is restricted to simply 50 pieces, only accessible with the IWC boutique in Beijing and Shanghai.

The case is stainless, 42.3 mm across, 14.5 mm thick, convex azure with antireflective coating on sides, see-through azure very situation back. The strap is black alligator leather strap, folding clasp in stainless. The movement is IWC in-house calibre 52010, IWC’s Pellaton automatic winding system, 28,800 vph (4 Hz), Glucydur beryllium alloy index-less balance rich in-precision adjustment screws on balance rim, Breguet spring, 7-days energy reserve.

The new IWC Portuguese Automatic Edition BJIFF 2015 is released to underline IWC’s partnership using the Beijing Film Festival. Based on the brand the timepiece reflects the appearance from the classic black-&whitened movies, and also the silver-plated dial with black sub-dials underline these sharp contrasts. Sounds good, but also for me, and most likely for a lot of enthusiasts, it features a lovely panda dial. The rotor from the automatic movement, calibre 52010, features an 18K gold medallion using the logo design from the Beijing Worldwide Film Festival, and it is engraved “BJIFF 2015 One out of 50.”