Portugieser Automatic 5007 Stainless Steel / Silver / Ginza

In Context

At 42.3 mm it is sized to the current mainstream: 40 mm is the median across every watch measured in this catalogue. At 14.5 mm it is a tall case, and it will catch on a cuff. The case back is open, so the movement is visible without taking the watch apart, 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. 168 hours of reserve puts it well past a weekend — several days off the wrist and it is still going. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

IW5007-07 is one of 12 executions of the IW5007 base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a grey dial and a stainless steel case. It was a limited edition. Introduced in 2000.

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Silver · Red Gold

IW5007-01 · 42.3 mm

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Grey · Red Gold

IW5007-02 · 42.3 mm

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Black · Stainless Steel

IW5007-03 · 42.3 mm

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Silver · Stainless Steel

IW5007-04 · 42.3 mm

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Silver · Stainless Steel

IW5007-05 · 42.3 mm

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Silver · Stainless Steel

IW5007-06 · 42.3 mm

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Green · Stainless Steel

IW5007-08 · 42.3 mm

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Silver · Stainless Steel

IW5007-12 · 42.3 mm

+ 3 more variants in this family.

The 52010 is IWC's seven-day automatic of 2015, the 52000-family movement with a date that powers the Portugieser Automatic. It powers 16 watches in this library. It replaced the single-barrel 51000 family with two barrels, so the week of reserve could be kept at a faster beat of 28,800 vph, and it revised the Pellaton winding system with ceramic pawls against wear and an 18-carat gold medallion on the rotor. It has 31 jewels at 38.2 mm across, with the power reserve shown at 3 o'clock and the date at 6. The [Pellaton piece](/blog/iwc-pellaton-winding) sets out the family and its 168-hour figure. In the library it powers 13 [Portugieser](/brands/iwc/portugieser) Automatic 5007 references at 42.3 mm, in steel and red gold, and 3 [Big Pilots](/brands/iwc/big-pilot). 6 are limited editions. The [51011](/calibers/iwc-51011) and [51111](/calibers/iwc-51111) are the single-barrel movements it replaced, and the [52850](/calibers/iwc-52850) and [52615](/calibers/iwc-52615) its annual and perpetual calendar siblings.

15 other watches in the library run the IWC 52010.

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Big Pilot's Watch Edition Black Carbon

IW5061-01 · 46.2 mm

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Portugieser Automatic 5007 Stainless Steel / Silver - Blue Numerals

IW5007-05 · 42.3 mm

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Portugieser Automatic 5007 Red Gold / Ardoise

IW5007-02 · 42.3 mm

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Portugieser Automatic 5007 Beijing International Film Festival 2015

IW5007-06 · 42.3 mm