IWC Ingenieur

May 11, 2015

I promised to get back on my new watch ?? At first, I was looking at watches again, but couldn t make up my mind. Although I like the new GMT-Master IIc and the Milgauss, it wouldn t add much variation to my current collection. Then I was looking at the Royal Oak Jumbo, but I am not ready yet to spend over 8K Euro on one wrist watch.However, as I have written before, I am a huge fan of the 1970s design of Gerald Genta. He designed the Nautilus, Overseas, Royak Oak and… the Ingenieur. The original ref.1832 Ingenieur SL is highly sought-after I believe, and the prices paid for those are unbelievable. So I decided to settle for a brand new one! To be honest, IWC isn t my brand. Omega and are my brand, I like what they are doing and like most of their watches. However, there are some other brands that make one or two types of watches that I really like, and that s it. I don t care much for IWC in general. Not my cup of tea. ?? I do like the Ingenieur and the Portugieser line of watches though.Anyway, I ve read some articles on the new ref.3227-01 Ingenieur, tried one on for a day (thanks G) and decided to order one. Last saturday, I bought my IWC Ingenieur at Ace & Dik in Amsterdam, official IWC dealer. It was a pleasure to meet Alon Ben-Joseph, owner of the store, in person and we had a nice chat about watches, watch blogging etc. He ordered a fresh model, so I could remove the plastic stickers myself ?? What a treat!Here are the first pictures of the Ingenieur:The watch is quite heavy (heavier than my Yacht-Master or Panerai), 216 grams to be exact. The diameter of the case is 42.5mm and 14.5mm in height. The bracelet is wonderfully crafted and it is child s play to add or remove links. The watch/movement is protected by a soft iron inner case up to 80,000 A/m (magnetic fields), so now I can cook in our induction kitchen again :). The movement itself is a self-winding IWC inhouse caliber 80110.@Justin, your guess was spot-on!