IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Edition Kurt Klaus Watch

PRESS RELEASE -- Some opportunities never repeat themselves.The two limited editions of the IWC Da Vinci Edition Kurt Klaus in platinum and rose gold are virtually sold out. Now the original Da Vinci with the original perpetual calendar chronograph is available once again in a new case- this time in stainless steel. And then there will be none.

The transition from the Da Vinci, presented for the first time in 1985, to its successor in the new tonneau-shaped case did not take place without creating a small memorial to the inventor of theperpetual calendar and to mark the change in the generations. The Da Vinci Edition Kurt Klaus has itself become a cult object within a very short space of time. Its arrival enabled the previous technology of the perpetual calendar chronograph to take up residence in its new home. From the outside, the tribute to Kurt Klaus, who invented the ingenious perpetual calendar of the Da Vinci more than 20 years ago, is a completely new and extremely attractive timepiece. Or should it perhaps be described as a perpetuity meter?

The information conveyed from the movement by nine hands, complemented by the moon phase and the complete year as additional indications, is distributed in a perfectly harmonious and clear fashion on the spacious dial. The appeal of this small time machine may lie in its new form or in its ingenious functions, or even in the fact that it honours a watchmaker, Kurt Klaus, who created something fundamentally new. The Da Vinci bearing his name, with his signature in a minute and modest style on the dial, is causing the hearts of watch enthusiasts to beat faster once again at the news that there is to be another Edition Kurt Klaus, limited to precisely 3,000 watches in a stainless steel case. For all those who are not yet familiar with Kurt Klaus, the brand ambassador who travels the world so tirelessly: the watch back bears his image as an engraving alongside the limited edition number.

With its silvered dial and its gold-plated hands and indices, the Da Vinci Edition Kurt Klaus stages the minor enigma of transience in a classic manner day by day. It synchronizes the displays for the time, the date, the day of the week, the month, the year in four digits together with an extremely accurate moon phase display which in turn make this the watch that never indicates exactly the same combination on the dial twice. Never ever. Because nothing repeats itself in this watch thanks to the four digit year display. Yet everything of which it is capable, in itself no mean feat, is based on an ingenious mechanical program that requires no external corrections. Not only is it the undisputed master of long periods, measured in centuries, but also of short periods. This is assured by its mechanical chronograph, which can record fractions of a second and can also store aggregate times of up to 12 hours. This achievement - this amazing span of chronometry, has deservedly made the Da Vinci into an


TECHNICAL DATA

Features
Perpetual calendar in a tonneau-shaped case in stainless steel with a mechanical chronograph movement,
perpetual moon phase display, four-digit year display, back engraving with a portrait of Kurt Klaus, limited to 3,000 watches

Movement
Calibre 79261
Vibrations 28,800/ h / 4 Hz
Jewels 39
Power reserve 44 h
Winding automatic

Case
Material stainless steel
Glass sapphire, convex, antireflective
Dial silvered
Crown screw-in
Water-resistant 3 bar
Diameter 43.1351mm
Height 15.2 mm

Weight
Watch in stainless steel with black crocodile leather strapand folding clasp 142 g