Portugieser Automatic 40 Winding Direction

Dear Members,

First of all, I am glad to become Member of IWC Community. I have the question
related to the winding direction. Just recently I have purchased Automatic 40
Portugieser, Ref IW358305. First winding was made by the seller in clock-wise
direction (few rotations). By time and by wearing the watch more or less all
days, I have noticed the watch stopped working sometimes overnight (after
around 12 h). I have repeated the winding clock wise (with around 30
rotations), wear the watch all day but the situation was unchanged-just after
around 12-14 h overnight the watch stopped. I took it to the shop for the
advice and control. After checking, technician wound the watch counter
clockwise (saying this is the right direction to wind) to the maximum power
reserve after which, leaving the watch in the box-it was working more than
60h.

I would appreciate any logical explanation to this situation by IWC forum
community but also by IWC watchmakers as I would like to be sure-what is the
winding direction of Automatic 40: clockwise, counter clockwise or maybe both?
In addition, could the winding of the watch in the direction opposite to the
"right one" be harmful?

To be point out, in instruction book-winding is just mentioned to be done by
several rotation without mentioned direction.

Thank you all.

J.

The manual winding direction of caliber 82200 is anti-clockwise.

And the winding in the opposite direction is not harmful at all.

Thank you Lyles, very much appreciated.

Jaksa

Why would this caliber wind differently from any other IWC caliber? There is
nothing in the Portugieser manual that suggests this caliber is wound
counterclockwise.
www.iwc.com/content/dam/rcq/iwc/20/36/38/3/2036383.pdf
I've owned a
few IWCs---among other brands---and I've never had a watch that wound
counterclockwise.

I don't know why but it is as it is.

I also own several IWCs, including Portugiesers, and none of them winds anti-
clockwise. Nevertheless, the new Caliber 82 does.

My Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 42 is the same. My boutique friends
mentioned this to me - yes it is an oddity but certainly has something to do
with the new calibre.

You do feel a difference in resistance when winding counter-clockwise.
Certainly feels like you are doing something, compared to a clockwise wind.

And so it does. From the Portugieser Perpetual Calendar 42 manual: "A few
revolutions of the crown in an anticlockwise direction are enough to start
the movement. " I wonder if it doesn't have something to do with setting the
day/date/moonphase, etc.?

Never ever had an IWC that was wound COUNTER-clockwise! No Pilot (ETA
or inhouse), no Portuguese, no Aquatimer, no Perpetual, no GST......

The CF4 winds counter-clockwise :-)

That is correct, the CF4 does also wind counterclockwise - so it doesn't have
anything to do with the perpetual calendar module. I would guess it has to do
with how the automatic winding mechanism had to be positioned within the
movement.