Simply Abu Dhabi XIII

1 2 2 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I T he Portuguese Tourbillon Mystère has for many years been one of the world’s most beautiful watches with a rotating carriage escapement. The designers at IWC Schaffhausen have refined this coveted and exclusive timepiece to include an extraordinary date display. This is undoubtedly the diva of the IWC Schaffhausen Portuguese family – provocative, beautiful and mysterious. Its admirers have continued to increase in number ever since it made its debut in 2004. This can be attributed to its generous proportions, its special class and the remarkable setting of its tourbillon escapement – as an “animated twelve” against a deep black background. The Portuguese TourbillonMystère with its seven-day power reserve owes its mysteriousness to the illusion that the fine cage containing the balance appears to rotate in a void. The designers at IWC have refined this already mysterious watch to include a date indicator that flies back at the end of the month – as the Portuguese Tourbillon Mystère Rétrograde. The graduated scale for the supplementary flyback date indicator, which is integrated into the IWC-manufactured 51900-calibre movement, extends over one quarter of the surface of the generously dimensioned dial. On reaching the end of any months with 31 days – January, March, May, July, August, October, December – the date indicator springs back automatically to “1”. In shorter months, or also if the watch has not been worn for some time, the date indicator can be advanced by the rapid adjustment function and flies back to the first day of the month. The time does not need to be adjusted in conjunction with this. This superior watch is enhanced by an exceptional display. MYSTERIOUS DIVA – PORTUGUESE TOURBILLON MYSTÈRE RÉTROGRADE