In some of the former posts of this series I laid tracks to this final part about my strong appreciation of perpetual calendar watches.
You may remember: I started with simple tool watches like the pilot's watches, so my first perpetual was the Fliegeruhr Perpetual Calendar Wempe, one of 50 pieces issued for Wempe's 125 years jubilee. I easily accepted the complex face because it was very readable -- and black.
](Some months later I was really struck by another dial, the deep black dial of the Portugieser Perpetual Calendar in Pink Gold (first version).
](It matched very well my Cal. 52 pocket watch
](I also got the Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar in Yellow Gold, a watch which extremely changes its character with the kind of strap, either very bling-bling on the Yellow Gold bracelet or very sporty with the leather strap on fitting links.
](I also found a extremely rare Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar in White Gold (one of eight pieces for a Schaffhausen dealer).
](To complement the Aquatimers and GSTs I purchased the GST Perpetual Calendar with Salmon dial. I wear it often on a Cousteau rubber strap which perfectly corresponds to the blued hands and the night blue sky of the moon phase indication.
](As dress watches I collected the "Italian trilogy" (my term). The first was the Novecento Perpetual Calendar in Red Gold, a limited edition for Italy.
](It was followed by the Platinum version.
](While the Novecentos are Automatic and water resistant (screwed crown), the Romana Perpetual Calendar is hand-wound and fortunately has a button to advance the calendar. This results in a extremely flat case (sorry, no wrist shot, because the watch currently is in Schaffhausen for service).
](For a long time I hunted for a certain dial variant of the third Italian watch, the Portofino. I like this very rich face with special roman numerals.
](Finally I was able to obtain the Portugieser Perpetual in White Gold for the dealer Pisa in Milano to complement my Jubiläumsportugieser Pisa.
](You see: the collection theme of IWC Perpetual Calendars allows to gather rather different watches of many lines, different styles and case materials, with sourced or in-house movements, all with Kurt Klaus' calendar mechanism.
By concentrating on original Portugieser (for the vintage part) and Perpetual Calendars (for the younger eras) I was able to and will continue to narrow down and focus my collection without losing variety.
What is missing? While I do not like the current nor the older Da Vinci I'm still looking for one of the rare Porsche Design Titan Chronographs with Da Vinci movement.
That's all, thanks for your attention.
Michael
