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Another great feature is the eternal moon phase display. It is so precise that it will only require adjustment after… 45 million years!! IWC engineers – who can be called geniuses, right? – calculated many of the more than 22 trillion possible combinations and imagined a reduction train composed of three intermediate wheels to achieve this feat. On this eternal calendar, we finally find the displays of the date, day, month, four-digit year and eternal moon phase, which are as if levitating between the white dial and the sapphire crystal of the 44.4 mm platinum case .
This entire mechanism, which appears to be perfect, takes on the features of the IWC manufacture self-winding movement, the 52640 Caliber. It offers an exceptional 7-day power reserve, displayed at 4:30 on the dial.
All these technical characteristics, as well as careful aesthetics, allowed this IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar watch to win the Aiguille d'Or prize. And therefore to be able to boast of being the best watch of the year 2024. Deserved, right?
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PALMARÈS GPGH 2024
Grand Prix de l’Aiguille d’Or : IWC Schaffhausen, Portugieser Eternal Calendar
Audacity Prize : Berneron, Mirage Sienna
Eco-innovation Prize : Chopard, LUC Fleurier Quality
Chronometry Prize : Bernhard Lederer, 3 Times Certified Observatory Chronometer
Watchmaking Revelation Prize : Rémy Cools, Tourbillon Atelier
Iconic Watch Prize : Piaget, Piaget Polo 79
Tourbillon Prize : Daniel Roth, Swirl Subscription
Price of the Calendar and Astronomy Watch : Laurent Ferrier, Classic Moon Silver
Mechanical Exception Prize : Bovet 1822, Recital 28 Prowess 1
Chronograph Watch Price : Massena Lab, Monopusher Chronograph Sylvain Pinaud x Massena Lab
Sports Watch Price : Ming, 37.09 Bluefin
Complication Prize for Men : From Bethune, DB Kind Of Grande Complication
Men's Watch Price : Voutilainen, KV20i Inverted
Prix « Time Only » : H. Moser & Cie, Streamliner Small Seconds Blue Enamel
Jewelry Watch Price : Chopard, Laguna High Jewelry secret watch
Métiers d’Art Watch Prize : Van Cleef & Arpels, Lady Arpels Enchanted Day
Complication Prize for Women : Van Cleef & Arpels, Lady Arpels Summer Breeze
Women's Watch Price : Van Cleef & Arpels, Lady Day Night
Petite Aiguille Prize : Kudoke, 3 Salmon
Challenge Prize : Otsuka Lotec, No.6
Special Jury Prize : Jean-Pierre Hagmann
