IWC Schaffhausen
Introducing IWC’s 2017 Ingenieur Collection
IWC Schaffhausen
Introducing IWC’s 2017 Ingenieur Collection
The number 666, is the number of a different kind of beast here, namely the original 1955 Ingenieur, which was a timepiece with a clear utilitarian outlook given the simplicity of its design and the information that it presented — hours, minutes, seconds and a small date window at 3 o’clock — that’s all there was to it.
It is based on this original ancestor of the IWC Ingenieur that this year’s Ingenieur collection starts off. Named the Ingenieur Automatic the watch is presented in three references fitted with the caliber 35111. The three variations are essentially dial color and case material options presented in a 40mm form factor (two in steel and one in red gold).
The chronograph collection also extends to a 500-piece limited-edition version in a 44mm titanium case containing a soft-iron antimagnetic inner-cage that protects the caliber 89361 within. Functions presented here include a flyback chronograph, central hours and minutes, plus the small hacking seconds at 6 o’clock.
The final big-bang watch in the collection is the 100-piece limited edition Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month. This one is only going to be available in a red gold, 45mm case, which, as the name suggests, sports a chronograph — a flyback to be quite precise — with the date and month displayed in large digital numerals at 3 and 9 o’clock.
For full technical details of the new Ingenieur collection keep an eye out on www.IWC.com.