What does Portuguese style mean?

[moonwatch93]

I notice that a lot of the watches I like are called Portuguese style.... what does this mean?

[interested_party]

Not sure. The only thing I can thing of is that the style of the watch is similar to the IWC Portuguese. Here's a bit on the watch:

What is the secret of the success of IWC's Portuguese watches? - WatchingHorology

It's one for the more famous bi-compax chronos on market.

[Ozy]

I notice that a lot of the watches I like are called Portuguese style.... what does this mean?

Flame grilled, filleted chicken with a cheeky chilli sauce marinade.

[interested_party]

Flame grilled, filleted chicken with a cheeky chilli sauce marinade.

Or it could have something to do with chicken.

[spain72]

The model was commissioned/traded by a businessman from Portugal... that's all! :D
Those model had a lot of success among people at that time because was very simple about mech. movement, resistant and easy to read...
Regards.

[dmoffat]

Dont know what portugese means but a brazilian or the good old Hollywood i do know a lot about....!

[xenon121]

i do not know actual thing about it, but i can guess that it relates to Portuguese bull fighting style i.e. the longevity and style of watch style match these issues.

[mikeweb]

It just means that we are the best :)

Ozy: You are refering to "Churrasqueira", there in Toronto you see them everywhere. I've pretty much been raised on the stuff, along with other Portuguese dishes.

Im assuming they are referencing IWC's Portuguese line. IWC Schaffhausen | Fine Timepieces From Switzerland | Collection | Portuguese Family

“Heroes of the sea, noble people …” is the opening line of the Portuguese national anthem. It is the expression of a collective memory through which Portugal’s great seafarers – Vasco da Gama, Bartolomeu Dias or Ferdinand Magellan – remain alive to this day. Above all, it was their outstanding sailing skills, their precise nautical charts and the use of instruments such as the astrolabe and Jacob’s staff to determine their latitude on the high seas that enabled them to embark on their daredevil voyages of discovery to West Africa and across the world’s oceans. The pioneers of Portuguese seafaring managed to reconcile seemingly incompatible opposites: their hot-blooded temperament with cool calculation; outstanding courage with respect for natural forces; and historical tradition with all that was new in science and technology. The Portuguese watches from IWC are a distant echo from that glorious past. They combine the tradition of nautical instruments with contemporary design and forward-looking mechanics.

More than 500 years later, at the end of the 1930s, two Portuguese businessmen active in the watch industry were searching for technical precision of the highest order and paid a visit to the factory in Schaffhausen. They ordered wristwatches in steel cases with the accuracy of a marine chronometer. At the time, the only way of meeting their request was with a pocket watch movement, so IWC decided to take one from a hunter movement (which also has the crown on the right-hand side) and house it in a wristwatch case. The first Portuguese of 1939 established an IWC watch family whose precision, sheer size and complex mechanics have been a source of pleasure to watch enthusiasts the world over for more than 70 years.

[Sea-Wolf]

^ Yep, that's what it says--i.e. sea-faring, nautical expertise and dare-devil discovery (though you say it so much better, you do!).

I personally like the egg that the Portuguese put on top of steak dishes in Toronto, being a signature touch of the Portuguese culture as to represent what to the French is known as "cordon bleu" . Went with the IWC Portofino line due to its classic, dress style (timeless Mediterranean elegance, indeed!), though I like the Portuguese, too--the watch, as well as the sea-faring ways of the culture, and the Isles. are nice, too!

Cheers!