IWC IWC - IW3533-23 Portofino Automatic / Stainless Steel / White / Strap
IWC IWC - IW3533-23 Portofino Automatic / Stainless Steel / White / Strap
IWC IWC - IW3533-23 Portofino Automatic / Stainless Steel / White / Strap
IWC

Portofino Automatic / Stainless Steel / White / Strap

REF. IW3533-23

7/10

Very rare

Case

MaterialStainless Steel
Diameter38 mm
Lug width20 mm
ShapeRound
CrystalSapphire
Case backClosed
Water resistance30 m

Dial

ColourWhite
IndexesStick / Dot Hands: Feuille
HandsFeuille

Movement

Caliber30110
Typeautomatic
Reserve42 h
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In Context

At 38 mm it sits just under the modern norm — the band that suits the widest spread of wrists. At 8.6 mm thick it is about average for a modern wristwatch. The case back is closed, so the movement stays out of sight, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. Rated to 30 m, it is protected against rain and splashes and nothing beyond that.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 42 hours of reserve carries it overnight, but not through a weekend in a drawer. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

IW3533-23 is one of 27 executions of the IW3533 base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a white dial and a stainless steel case.

The IW3533 family

IW3533-23 is one of 27 variants sharing the IW3533 base reference — same watch underneath, different dial, bezel, or bracelet execution. Browse the others:

+ 18 more variants in this family.

Inside: Caliber 30110

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The 30110 is IWC's version of the ETA 2892-A2, adjusted and finished to IWC's specification and the base of the Mark XVI and Mark XVII. It powers 82 watches in this library. The 2892 is the industry's thin automatic, a millimetre slimmer than the 2824 and the base most Swiss maisons choose for a three-hand watch, and the [2892 piece](/blog/the-eta-2892) explains why. IWC's version runs at 28,800 vph with a 42-hour reserve and 21 jewels, at 25.6 mm across, and carries the date. When ETA restricted supply to outside brands, IWC moved the same specification to the Sellita SW300 as the [35111](/calibers/iwc-35111). In the library it sits under 37 [Portofino](/brands/iwc/portofino) Automatics, 23 [Pilot's Watches](/brands/iwc/pilot), the Mark XVI and Mark XVII and the Le Petit Prince edition of the latter, 16 GST Aquatimers and 6 [Ingenieurs](/brands/iwc/ingenieur). Cases run from 34 mm to 46 mm, with 38 mm the most common at 27 references and 39 mm at 14. Six are limited editions. The [32111](/calibers/iwc-32111) is the in-house five-day movement that replaced both the 30110 and the 35111 in the Mark XX and the Portofino.

81 other watches in the library run the IWC 30110.

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