Portuguese 7-days Variants

[alex168lim]

Have been gunning for a Portuguese 7 days for some time, fund ready but target seems to be shifting each time when I wanted to pull the trigger.

Initially, I thought that I would settle for a brand new 5001-14 but every now and then, attractively priced (though not at the same price level as 5001-14) variants appeared in the pre-sales market that would successfully distract me.

Inital craving 5001-14:


Distractions :

1) 5001-06 : beautiful ardoise dial, white gold


2) 5001-01 : pink gold, white dial. This was considered because of concerns that the 5001-14 gold hands and numerals are just gold plated


3) IWC5000 : limited edition panda style



And to add to the complication and make this more interesting, here is another deadly poision to consider :

4) GO PML XL, stainles steel


So, what's your choice ?

[Ivanloh]

Go for the IWC5000.

[st11_mini]

Beautiful...all are nice!!!

Tough decision, how I wish if can collect them all....

Panda LE looking good

[KuchingKu]

The panda is diff not just cos it's limited to 1000 numbered pieces. It has no date and has an acrylic dome glass. It's the first model to house the 7 day PR movement.

I have one and love it's warm, vintage feel.

[psee]

Personally, I like most variants of the IWC Portuguese 5001 and own 2 of the stainless steel versions (black dial and white dial with blue hands / markers). The PanoInverse is nice too ...

[bwky]

for me its either the panda or the white face with blue hands.