IWC Schaffhausen has put the spotlight on its elegant Portugieser family in 2020, and as part of its new lineup has also unveiled the first new models in the nautical-inspired Portugieser Yacht Club sub-series since its last revamp in 2010. These include three new chronograph models as well as the Yacht Club Moon and Tide, the first IWC timepiece with a tide indicator.

Portugieser Yacht Club Moon & Tides (Ref. 344001)

The Moon and Tides is the most intriguing new Yacht Club edition and the only one in a full rose-gold case. Measuring 44.5 mm in diameter and 14.4 mm thick, the case houses behind its navy blue dial the in-house, automatic Caliber 82835, enhanced here for the first time with a tides display function. Developed for the yachtsmen whose passion inspired the collection, its useful features include the subdial at 6 o?clock which indicates the expected times for the next high and low water, along with the double moon phase display at 12 o?clock, which shows spring and neap tides as well as information about the strength of the current tides. (Spring tides, which bring particularly high water, occur at full moon and new moon.) The plating on the hour and minute hands and the hour appliqués are in the same 5N rose gold as the case.
Caliber 82835 includes a new module for the tide indications.

The automatic Caliber 82835 beats in full view behind a sapphire caseback. Outfitted with the all-new module for the tide displays and incorporating IWC’...