House of Cards (2013)

House of Cards

Beau Willimon's Netflix political thriller, the service's first flagship original, starring Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood, a South Carolina congressman who schemes his way to the presidency, with Robin Wright as Claire Underwood, across six seasons (2013–2018). (IMDb)

Watches

IWC Portofino Automatic IW356501

Worn by Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood. Underwood's dress watch is a steel two-hander with a silvered dial and black alligator strap, identified by the spotting record as the Portofino Automatic IW356501; the publicity still of Underwood at his desk resolves the layout that supports it (baton indices with Roman numerals at twelve and six, date at three, no complication), while the dial text stays out of reach, so the exact reference is likely rather than confirmed. The series' IWC saturation is well documented and no accident: Spacey was an IWC brand ambassador during the show's run, and specialist coverage counts at least five IWC models across Underwood's wardrobe. The Portofino is the register he uses when power should look effortless. (WatchReel, Italian Watch Spotter, Grey Market Magazine)

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IWC Portugieser Chronograph

Worn by Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood. Underwood's more assertive IWC is a steel Portugieser chronograph on a dark strap, worn here with a blue dial whose applied Arabic numerals and vertically stacked registers are visible in the Oval Office frame. The frames support the model but not a sub-reference: specialist coverage places the 40.9mm reference 3714 generation on Underwood, while one spotting source names IW390406, actually the 42mm flyback Portugieser Chronograph Classic in its 2016 Laureus edition of 1,000 pieces, a materially different watch, so the record stays at model level until a frame resolves the counters. A chronograph on the wrist of a man who measures everything, worn for the rooms where the Portofino's silence would read as weakness. (WatchReel, Italian Watch Spotter, Twenty Two Ten)

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