IWC may have declared 2013 the year of the Ingenieur, but it had a couple of surprises up its sleeve for the Portuguese collection too. The first new addition is the Portuguese Chronograph Classic, a piece many aficio-nados have been waiting for, in that it finally puts an IWC in-house movement in the flagship chronograph of the range. Powered by IWC calibre 89361 – currently seen in the Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph and last year’s limited edition, the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition Antoine de Saint Exupéry – it’s a gorgeous flyback engine with a chrono subdial at 12 o’clock showing both minutes and hours, with running seconds and a central chronograph seconds. The second addition is a Portuguese Tourbillon Hand-Wound for those who love high complications. Both watches also feature extremely fetching straps from Italian leather spe-cialist, House of Santoni. www.iwc.com

With a new strategy focused particularly on its strengths in women’s watches, Ebel shows that there’s still variety and inte-rest to be found on the female side away from precious stones and metals. The new Ebel 100 – hitherto a men’s line – takes things to the dark side, with a black PVD steel case and black mesh bracelet. Set against this all-black background are hour indications and date numerals in starkly contrasting colours. The emerald green one seems a particularly striking option for women with an eye for luxury, fashion and sleek style. www.ebel.com

Tiny pictures, impossible to navigate, overuse of Flash in lieu of useful information, passé design – the following need to improve: Cartier, Corum, Montblanc and Breguet. But for a brand so steeped in design cool, Mondaine takes the wooden spoon.

Two sublime additions to the iWc

PorTugueseline

ebel 100

Which brands win online?

The latest watch company to re-launch its web-site – and in the process go from having one of the worst online presences to one of the best – is Zenith (www.zenith-watches.com). The new site is beautiful to look at, easy to navigate and chock full of information on one of the great Swiss watch companies. Which got us thinking: in 2013, which watch brands have the best web-sites, and which find themselves in the online Hall of Shame?

Ochs und JuniorModern, fun, minimalist and brilliant, much like Dr Ludwig Oechslin’s watches for the little Lucerne-based brand.www.ochsundjunior.ch

Girard-PerregauxIts main site is fine, but its Mechanics of Style, its suave online men’s magazine, that earns Girard-Perregaux points for forward thinking.www.mechanicsofstyle.com

iWCFull of information, fabulous imagery, crisp design and even including a public forum for IWC devotees, this has set the bar for the past two years.www.iwc.com

The best

The worst

IWC Portuguese Tourbillon Hand-Wound

IWC Portuguese Chronograph Classic

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Ingenieur Chronograph

Racer. Ref. 3785: This is a watch that

knows only one direction: fast forward.

So it’s ideally equipped with one of the

most efficient movements we have to

offer; the 89361 calibre in a stainless-

steel case. In fact, the only backward

glance you’re likely to cast here is at the

back cover itself, which features an

intricate engraving of a FORMULA 1

racing car. iwc. engineered for men.

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Mechanical chronograph movement, Self-winding, 68-hour

power reserve when fully wound, Date display with

crown-activated rapid advance, Stopwatch function with

hours, minutes and seconds, Hour and minute counters

combined in a totalizer at 12 o’clock, Flyback function,

Small hacking seconds, Screw-in crown, Sapphire glass,

flat, antireflective coating on both sides, Water-resistant

12 bar, Case height 14.5 mm, Diameter 45 mm

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