A Belated IWC Incoming Post and Brief Review

[daytonaTBR]

At the beginning of this year before SIHH came open letters from John Mayer and IWC published by Hodinkee and long story short it made me pay attention to a brand whose modern watches did not appeal to me very much at the time. That changed after SIHH with their revamp of the Portugieser line. One of the new watches that I liked the most from this year was the 75th anniversary Hand Wound 8 days. I actually liked the rose gold version of this piece the most but found both the metal color and price to be inconvenient. I already had a dressy piece (5227J) and I could get a chronometre bleu (I ended up getting it and for less) for the price the rose gold version cost. So I decided on the steel for a somewhat dressy, cool, and casual piece. Anyways here are some pics: