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New release from ZF: Portuguese Tourbillon

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I like it. I think its a much better attempt than most tourbillon watches out there. The tourbillon cage is usually the biggest giveaway but at least this is fairly similar to the real shape. Not sure what happened with the deco plate, looks miles off, not the usual zf quality. Great to see extra complications on tourbillons though!
 
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Also apparently 1mm thinner than the gen... seems unlikely but fair play if it is!
 
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Just ordered....there are 2 major flaws.
-On date indicator, 23 is printed as 21.
- tourbillon window too big compared to gen.

looking thru all the pics on puretime, etc, seems this is the case for all.

still a beautiful watch despite the tells. Just sharing in case anyone is considering or if zf wans a v2.
 
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ever glow said:
Just ordered....there are 2 major flaws.
-On date indicator, 23 is printed as 21.
- tourbillon window too big compared to gen.

looking thru all the pics on puretime, etc, seems this is the case for all.

still a beautiful watch despite the tells. Just sharing in case anyone is considering or if zf wans a v2.
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That date printing flaw is a big flaw. LOL

How stupid is that.
 
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suddenly at least 3 different versions (different position of sub dials/Tourbillon) of ZF IWC Portuguese Tourbillon watch are released in the market. with different dial colors. so at least 6 - 9 variations total with the combination are suddenly released. not quite sure if they are really from ZF ? even if it says ZF, they don’t not like top quality like ZF. just curious why...????


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ever glow said:
Just ordered....there are 2 major flaws.
-On date indicator, 23 is printed as 21.
- tourbillon window too big compared to gen.

looking thru all the pics on puretime, etc, seems this is the case for all.

still a beautiful watch despite the tells. Just sharing in case anyone is considering or if zf wans a v2.
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Could you post a video once you receive it?
 
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vcappp said:
suddenly at least 3 different versions (different position of sub dials/Tourbillon) of ZF IWC Portuguese Tourbillon watch are released in the market. with different dial colors. so at least 6 - 9 variations total with the combination are suddenly released. not quite sure if they are really from ZF ? even if it says ZF, they don’t not like top quality like ZF. just curious why...????


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those is old stock watch from different factory for sure, my guess is somehow ZF agree to use they name to sell it,to see if can sell well, because was not selling well.. lol
 
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Im looking into buying this model myself. anh thougts about it? : https://puretime.io/portuguese-tourb...er-strap.html#
Wich vendor would suit me best? i bought from puretime before in the past.
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Hi. The one you are looking at is a fantasy model i think. First of all this color combination does not exist in gen. Secondly the gen is a manual wind. This ZF one is automatic. The only one's close to gen in the IW5463 series are the grey dial manual and the Middle East limited edition emerald Green one's. Both are manual from YLF factory. I got my grey dial from puretime
 
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jm_brc_7057 said:
Hi. The one you are looking at is a fantasy model i think. First of all this color combination does not exist in gen. Secondly the gen is a manual wind. This ZF one is automatic. The only one's close to gen in the IW5463 series are the grey dial manual and the Middle East limited edition emerald Green one's. Both are manual from YLF factory. I got my grey dial from puretime
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Great looking watch, but it seems to be hard to find. I only see Puretime selling it, but I wonder if it's even really available, considering that no one else lists it anymore, That's an awesome looking strap too. Where did you get the strap from?
 
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KilowattHour said:
Great looking watch, but it seems to be hard to find. I only see Puretime selling it, but I wonder if it's even really available, considering that no one else lists it anymore, That's an awesome looking strap too. Where did you get the strap from?
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I think it's available at Puretime. I got mine about 3 weeks ago. You should go for it if you want it. It'll probably be hard to get in a few months. Many people are asking about it. And ZF released some flawed models with a lot of fantasy color combinations that doesn't exist in gen. If TDs have gone over to the ZF models instead, they won't be selling this YLF model.

I've only seen 3-4 tourbillon watches which have such a great replication of the tourbillon. This watch is one of them; the details of the tourbillon are awesome and very close to the gen. Another being a VC 14 day power reserve tourbillon and a Breguet. Both have gone out of production.

Oh... and forgot about the Strap. It's a custom handmade one from Jacobstraps:
https://jacobstraps.com/index.php?id_product=156&controller=product&id_lang=3
 
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