Fellas, so the Vintage Portofino moonphase I have been holding onto is on the selling block.

I just got a trade offer for a Big Pilot. New Portofino+ 2-3g for New BP.

I'm slightly struggling with this one.

Portofino:



PROS:
-Beautiful clean classic piece.
-Would serve as a perfect black tie event watch.

CONS:
-Manual wind, especially with the moonphase can get extremely annoying.
-Only looks right for black tie events, which I goto only 3-4 times a year.
-For the cash needed to make the trade happen, I could keep the Portofino as a formal watch and pick up a Heritage B&R to be a goofy fun casual watch.

Big Pilot:



PROS:
-It's a Big Pilot. Much more versatile. Great movement.

CONS:
-Starts to overlap in my collection.

I have too many tweener sports watches.

-SS Daytona and a couple other sports Rolexes.
-Portuguese Chrono
-Portuguese Auto (would most likely get rid of this immediately)
-RG Nautilus on its way.

So I don't really have a sharp formal piece, probably the Nautilus would be the closest thing to a black tie watch.



I'm interested in any thoughts or perspectives you guys have.

Any BP owners here? How often do you wear yours?

 

Too close to your other IWC

 

Its a BP.... do it!!!

Are you a black tie guy? If you are putting the miles on the Porto then keep it if not get the BP
I am guessing you have sporty watches for a reason... you wear them more

 

All day long, dress watches are a thing of the past, I have worn Offshores and Subs with suits...

 

My vote is for the Big Pilot!