![]() The stainless steel bracelet perfectly holds the watch in tight position on the wrist, and makes wearing it a truly comfy experience. Yet, honestly, there’s nothing really unpleasant with it! One may just regret that the stainless steel sliding piece of the strap (great idea by the way!) that holds the bracelet’s open tail, sometimes gets into the wrist’s skin. The real treat starts once you wear it: it emanates a most impressive, perfect balance between softness and strength. It thus brings a sporty and somewhat offbeat touch to this otherwise very classically designed Portofino. With a 2 mm thickness and designed just like a classic pin buckle leather strap, the Milanese mesh bracelet is a definitely successful piece of work!įirst of all, it strongly supports and contributes to the watch’s general visual feel. The watch either comes with a stainless steel bracelet (‘Milanese mesh’) or an alligator leather strap. The XII looks like a VII and the VI feels like a III… with the middle ‘I’ haphazardly pivoted.įinally, the impressive opening of the dial induces us into paying less attention to the stainless steel case, in spite of its having been very gracefully designed, with its beautiful round shapes. However, it’s a pity the XII and VI indexes have been cut. The lack of a tachometer scale for the chronograph, which contributes greatly to the refined side of this watch, allows a maximum opening of the dial and longer hands than on other chronographs. ![]() Just two small touches of red applied on the 30-minute and 12-hour sub counters, soberly light up this dial. ![]() The resulting contrast allows a perfect instinctive reading of the hour. Everything here has been very neatly done. The polished-steel applied markers and hands, show up very well against the black dial and its mild sunray finishing. The IWC brand and Schaffhausen name framing the date at 3 o’clock, a very subtle ‘Swiss Made’ lettering, and that’s it! No useless propaganda here!
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