Portuguese Perpetual Calendar and motorcycle commuting

Hi All!

I recently purchased a Portuguese Perpetual Calendar with the intention of
wearing it on a daily basis. I work in an office environment, therefore the
watch will not be exposed to unusual stresses. However, after the purchase it
occurred to me that since I commute to the office on my motorcycle, perhaps
the bike's vibrations might damage this complicated watch or cause it to lose
accuracy over time. I googled this topic a bit and there doesn't seem to be a
consensus on whether motorcycle vibrations can damage a watch or are
innocuous. My commute is only about 30 mins/day; however, I am concerned that
repeating this daily may cause the watch to deteriorate over time.

Does anybody have any thoughts on this - specifically with regard to the
complicated caliber of the Perpetual Calendar? Considering that the same
movement is fitted on the Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar, which is designed to
be used in cockpits, perhaps I am worrying for nothing? I also recall a recent
marketing campaign of IWC featuring Bradley Cooper riding along on a
motorcycle... they wouldn't do this kind of campain if bikes were bad for
their watches... or would they?

www.iwc.com/en/specials/road-less-traveled-bradley-cooper.html

Many thanks for your thoughts!

Pietro

Congratualtions
on a great masterpiece which in fact should be worn daily.
It's too precious and beautiful to hide it away in a safe or bank vault.

I'm wearing mine one the bicycle every day which might not be the same but I
never had any problems so far.

If the fillings in your teeth (assuming you have those) don't feel like they
rattled loose by the time you get to the office, then simply wear your watch
during the commute and enjoy it's handsome beauty throughout the day.

I wouldn't recommend wearing your perpetual whilst playing golf or tennis (or
other sports involving impacts), but commuting to work by bike, steam train or
plane, your OK.

I cycle 5 miles to work and my portuguese automatic rotor bearing broke on a
ride home. I was rather surprised and disappointed when IWC took no
responsibilty, despite it being less than a year after a full IWC service. I
stopped cycling with it on my wrist and put it in a zipped pocket for my
regular commute as suggested by Michael who was forum admin at the time.

I drove a motorcycle for 40 years. The vibrations are intense and of high
frequency, especially at the grips where they are transmitted to the wrist and
hands.

Wearing a complicated watch on a motorcucle is like driving it without wearing
a helmet..

Adrian,

(alwaysiwc).

Speaking just for myself, I wouldn't wear a watch with such a complicated
movement for a regular commute on a motorbike. There have been many reports on
the image stabilisation of iPhone cameras being adversely affected by
vibrations, hence a couple of the phone mount companies producing anti-
vibration mounts to try and overcome the problem.

Of course a lot will depend on factors such as what bike you ride (for example
a Harley V2 and a Kawasaki in-line 4 have different characteristics), what
your preferred rev range is, how tightly you grip the bars and so on. If you
do carry on wearing your lovely watch, make sure your grip is nice and loose.

I stopped wearing watches when I ride my bikes when my titanium Omega
Seamaster suffered some 'road rash', although it did save my wrist from the
same rash ;)