
India Whiskey Charlie, a long-time IWC collector, shares a retrospective on his past IWC Perpetual Calendar watches, sparking a vital discussion on the ownership experience of these complicated timepieces. His personal journey with multiple references provides a candid look at the challenges and allure of IWC's perpetual calendar offerings. This article synthesizes community insights, offering a balanced perspective for both prospective and current owners.

If only that movement was not so erratic, I would still have that watch...🥺
What are their replacements in the stable?
I've had three of them and they all spent more time in Schaffhausen than on my wrist. So, I pretty much lost faith in these complications. This was the third:
the Portuguese has always been my cup of tea in terms of styling and masculinity, sad to hear about the issues.
They still sell them and people are buying them. But on my wrist there were issues with both the base movements and the perpetual calendar module.
attention, however slight, concerning robustness, was looked into by IWC.
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