IWC - Portofino Chronograph 39 Edition “Laureus Sport For Good” IW391408

IWC unveiled the Portofino Chronograph 39 Edition “Laureus Sport For Good” ref. IW391408 to support the eponymous foundation. It has a price of €6,450

IWC reasserts its support for the Laureus Sport for Good foundation unveiling the Portofino Chronograph 39 Edition “Laureus Sport for Good” ref. IW391408.

Since 2000, the Laureus Sport for Good foundation has helped more than six million children and young people by supporting more than 250 sport programmes in over 50 countries to transform their lives and put an end to violence and discrimination. The foundation also organises the Laureus World Sports Awards to honour the greatest sportsmen, sportswomen and teams across all sports each year. The Nominees are selected by a panel of over 1300 representatives from the world of global sports media.

Limited to 1,000 pieces, this special edition - the 16th launched by IWC within this partnership - features the typical Laureus blue dial and a solid caseback engraving with the reproduction of the winning entry from the drawing competition that IWC organises every year within all Laureus programmes. The drawing depicts hands united together as equals, and was created by 15-year-old Jatin Malhan from India.

Framed by a classic 39 mm x 12.7 mm case in stainless steel, the blue dial makes the rhodium-plated hands and appliques beautifully stand out. 

The subdial at 12 o’clock displays the number of minutes recorded by the chronograph while the chronograph seconds can be read off on the central hand. The running seconds subdial is symmetrically positioned at 6 o'clock. To maintain the design as clean as possible, there is no date aperture.

The slightly domed sapphire crystal features an antireflective coating on both sides.

 

The automatic 79350 Calibre is based on the Valjoux 7750 but heavily modified by IWC which uses only a small portion of the standard 7750 parts. It beats at the frequency of 4 Hz (28,800 vph) and has an autonomy of 44 hours.

Matched to a black calfskin strap and water resistant up to 3 bar of pressure (approximately 30 metres / 100 feet), the IWC Portofino Chronograph 39 Edition “Laureus Sport For Good” ref. IW391408 has a price of Euro 6,450 / US$ 6,700. iwc.com