Alvin Wong 12 October 2017

Your one-minute primer to the IWC Da Vinci Tourbillon Rétrograde Chronograph.

IWC’s year of the Da Vinci sees the oft-overlooked collection returning to its original round case, perhaps to win back some love. And it’s easy to adore the refined range, especially its pièce de résistance here equipped with a new in-house calibre driving a trio of complications: chronograph, retrograde date, and flying tourbillon. The latter deserves special mention as it has a rare and complex hacking function for to-the-second accuracy when setting the time. At 44mm, its red gold case might be a tad intimidating for some, but rest assured that its articulated lugs will ensure a snug fit.

Alvin Wong

Ex Editor-In Chief

Alvin promises not to be a douche when talking about watches. He may have scoured the Basel and Geneva watch fairs for the past 15 years, and played an instrumental role to the growth of Singapore's pioneering horological and men's lifestyle publications, but the intrepid scribe seeks to learn something new with each story he writes.