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IWC 59000

The 59000 family of calibres is a series of specialty hand winding eight day manufacture movements produced by IWC since 2011.

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IWC has been transitioning to in-house movements since 2000, enhancing the reputation and technical features of their watches. Part of this development includes the production of specialty high-end movements. The Cal. 59000 family, like the Cal. 94000 family introduced the same year, is a large hand winding movement with long power reserve. However, unlike the double-barrel Cal. 94000, the Cal. 59000 series uses a single barrel with an unusually long, powerful mainspring. This recalls the design of Cal. 5000, IWC's first modern movement design, as does the large size of the movement.

The Cal. 59000 family includes a basic time-only movement as well as a traditional monopusher chronograph and even a tourbillon. Most feature a power reserve indicator, common on high-end hand-winding movements. All Cal. 59000 family movements oscillate at 28,800 A/h and have 192 hour power reserve.

IWC 59000 Movement Family

Movement Year Introduced Jewels Central Hands Small Seconds Power Reserve Indicator Calendar Special Features Example Watch
IWC 59210 2011 30 Hour and minute Yes 8:00 Date N/A IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days
IWC 59060 2015 30 Hour and minute No Back No N/A IWC Portofino Pure Classic
IWC 59215 2013 30 Hour and minute Yes Back Date N/A IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days
IWC 59230 2013 30 Hour and minute Yes 8:00 Big date N/A IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Big Date
IWC 59220 2015 30 Hour and minute Yes 8:00 Big date and Day by pointer N/A IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Day & Date
IWC 59235 2018 30 Hour and minute Yes Back Big date N/A IWC Big Pilot's Watch Big Date
IWC 59360 2015 36 Hour and minute Yes 8:00 Date Column wheel monopusher chronograph IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Monopusher
IWC 59800 2015 30 Hour and minute Yes 8:00 Date Moon phase indicator IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days Moonphase
IWC 59900 2017 30 Hour and minute Yes 3:00 Date by pointer Tourbillon IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Tourbillon Rétrograde Red

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