Kong offers an exclusive look at five IWC Boutique Exclusive pieces, highlighting their limited production and unique features. This post provides a detailed overview of models like the Portuguese Perpetual Calendar and the Ingenieur Automatic Carbon Performance Ceramic, emphasizing their design, materials, and movements.
Regular production pieces are more accessible in either boutiques or authorised dealers. However, boutique exclusive pieces are only available in brands' boutiques and are limited number of pieces in production. Within this post, we will have a quick look at five of the more current IWC Boutique Exclusive pieces ...
Portuguese Perpetual calendar (REF. IW502308) 
This
nice looking 44.20mm steel IWC Portuguese Perpetual calendar is limited
to 500 pieces. The height of the case is 15.50mm and has a
water-resistant rating to 3 Bar.
Silver-plated dial with rhodium-plated hands, providing all the calender information and moonphase in one glance.
It is paired with a dark brown alligator leather strap and steel folding clasp buckle.
Superb clarity as the convex sapphire crystal is both sides anti-reflective coated.
Case work is with dual-polishing, with the side of the caseband brush-polished while the rest in contrasting gloss-polish.
At
the back is transparent sapphire caseback displaying their inhouse
Caliber 51613, with Pellaton automatic winding system and Breguet
overcoil hairspring and small-second hacking capability.
It beats at 3Hz and has a power reserve of 7 days (168 hours).
Rotor is signed with '1 out of 500' and adorned with a 18K gold medallion.
The Ingenieur Automatic Carbon Performance Ceramic (REF. IW322404) 
This
Ingenieur Automatic Carbon Performance Ceramic is limited to 1000
pieces. The carbon fibre case inspired by the materials used in FORMULA
ONE motor racing for lightweight and strength.
Case diameter is 46mm by 14.5mm height and has a water-resistant rated to 12bars.
The whole case construction is interesting, made up of three types of materials : carbon fibre, ceramic and titanium.
Starting
from the top .... the bezel is of polished ceramic, secured by five
titanium screws and capped with ceramic screw-heads through the polished
top side carbon fibre caseband.
The dial is of carbon fibre too.
A side elevation for the impressive construction ...
The matt crown protector and screw-in crown are also of ceramic too.
Look at the precise polishing to obtain the gloss top surface carbon fibre with the sides still showing the layered fibres.
Ceramic screw-heads ...
Flat sapphire crystal with both sides anti-reflective coated for fantastic glare reduction thus great clarity of the dial.
Titanium
ardillon buckle and rubber strap with embossed calfskin inlay strap
stitched with green thread as an allusion to the stripes on the outer
walls of the tyres fitted to the cars for racing in wet condition.
Sapphire
caseback with titanium case-back ring displaying the 4Hz automatic
IWC-manufactured calibre 80110 with a power reserve of 44 hours.
The Pilot’s Chronograph Edition “Le Petit Prince” (REF : IW377706) 
The third edition of the Pilot’s Chronograph Edition “Le Petit Prince” , a non-limited edition.
Spotting
an attractive and clean midnight blue dial in a 43mm stainless steel
case. The hands and appliqués at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock are coated
with Super-LumiNova.
Most areas are brush-polished, only the bezel, pushers and crown are gloss polished.
Superb
clarity of the sapphire, as coated on both sides with anti-reflective
coatings, really accentuates the beauty of this midnight blue dial.
Matched with a very supple brown calfskin strap with quilted stitching and a stainless-steel pin buckle.
Solid
caseback with the engraving of the Little Prince. Within is the
automatic 4Hz Calibre 79320, with a power reserve of 44 hours.
Another nice blue dial edition -
The Portuguese Chronograph Classic Edition “Laureus Sport for Good Foundation” (Ref.IW390406) 
Stainless steel case, 42mm with the signature Laureus blue dial, slender feuille hands and applied Arabic numeral hour-markers.
Limited
to 1000 pieces and part of the proceeds from the sale of these
timepieces goes directly to the Laureus Foundation and contributes to
the funding of its projects.
Both the hour and minute counters are combined in one subdial or totalizer at 12H, for quick read out.
Brush-polish on the side of the caseband while the rest is gloss finished.
Solid
caseback with the engraving of the artwork by one of the participants
in a 'Laureus Sport for Good Foundation projects' drawing
competition. This edition is from a 16-year-old, Masha Nikulina from
the Russian Federation.
The theme is "Time to Play".
Within is the 4Hz IWC-manufactured automatic Calibre 89361 with flyback capability and a power reserve of 68 hours.
The Laureus piece is matched with a black alligator leather strap by Italian high-end shoe manufacturer Santoni.
The Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph (REF. IW390208) 
This diameter 45.4mm rubber-coated stainless steel Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph is limited to 250 pieces.
Featuring a crown guard flanked by flat-top chrono-pushers.
Black dial with red chronograph-second-hand. Hour and minute hands and the hour appliques are coated with SuperLuminova.
Sapphire crystal is coated with both sides anti-reflective.
Most surfaces are coated with matt-rubber. The gloss polished bezel add a gleam to the contrast the black matt case.
Case
is matched with black rubber strap and a stainless steel folding clasp,
much suited for water-sports and also warm-humid areas.
Within is with the robust IWC Calibre 89361 as the above Laureus Portugese Chronograph.
Hope you enjoy the above 5 IWC Boutique Exclusives. Any piece/s attracted you ? 
Kong
This message has been edited by Kong on 2014-06-28 23:11:39 
