{"product_id":"iwc-portuguese-chronograph-blue-dial-on-leather-papers-2020","title":"IWC Portugieser Chronograph IW371491 Blue Dial on Leather 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Portugieser Chronograph occupies a specific and well-argued position in IWC's catalog: a dress chronograph scaled for legibility rather than sport, built around the caliber 79350 — a column-wheel movement with a flyback function derived from the Jaeger-LeCoultre base — that IWC configured for a cleaner, more classical execution than the tool-watch chronographs surrounding it. The IW371491 is the stainless steel expression of that idea, 41mm, with Arabic numerals and a bi-compax layout that reads as a direct descendant of the pocket-watch proportions the Portugieser line has always referenced. The column-wheel architecture matters here: it gives the pushers a tactile precision — a positive engagement rather than the mushier feel of a cam-actuated chronograph — that suits a watch meant to be used deliberately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blue dial is the configuration worth having. Against the silver, it reads with more depth across changing light — not a flat color but something that shifts between slate and ink depending on the angle, a quality that photographs consistently fail to capture. The Arabic numerals in that context feel considered rather than decorative, reinforcing the pocket-watch lineage without leaning into pastiche. This example presents on its original leather strap with the IWC fold clasp, warranted in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffered in very good condition, with papers. No box.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54394897367253,"sku":"IC5067","price":4590.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0819\/3182\/9461\/files\/06_a5b1e51f-a00b-4361-8c04-b1167e1b2899.webp?v=1786968217","url":"https:\/\/iconic-timepieces.com\/products\/iwc-portuguese-chronograph-blue-dial-on-leather-papers-2020","provider":"Iconic Timepieces","version":"1.0","type":"link"}