Who swims with their pilot watch?
I’ve bought a steel bracelet for my spitfire chrono and it would be nice to not worry about water.
Thanks
Down the Aquatimer rabbit hole. Help…
With an abundance of of bias, I think we we call all agree that IWC makes some compelling, handsome, and excellent watches. I’ve long enjoyed my 500401 Big Pilot and I’m on the hunt for a Pilot Chrono Le Petit Prince. And recently, I stumbled upon the Aquatimer and was immediately taken. The blocky case, the SafeDive protrusion, the bezel action, and the dial all speak to me. It’s my kind of watch.
I come to the IWC experts in search of help. I know the…
2023 INGE! 40mm.
Very excited to see IWC is back in the game with a killer piece! 40mm. Steel and Ti versions.
Continue readingNumber of crown rotations to fully wind an ingenieur automatic 40 or portofino moon phase 37
Does anyone know how many crown rotations it takes to fully wind the five-day mainspring in an ingenieur automatic 40 or a portofino moon phase 37?
They use calibres 32111 and 32800 which are in the same calibre family, but I guess the number of crown…
Continue readingFinally got my Grail
It’s stunning in the sunlight.
And it’s so thin.
And I love the bracelet.
The butterfly clasp looks gorgeous, almost like there is no clasp at all, but it’s too fiddly for me.
I have the micro-adjust clasp coming in a few weeks.
I really must give a shout out to Leonardo Jewelers in Metuchen, NJ, and Joshua who got me an awesome deal.
I got the watch…
Official IWC Ingenieur pictures thread!!
Modify an 18mm OEM IWC mesh bracelet to fit 19mm Mark XV?
My question is this: what are folks’ thoughts on asking him to modify (he does have the skills) the end links to fit my 19mm case? Is that a good/bad/adequate idea?
IWC Top Gun IW329701 43 Titanium
I really like this watch, however, the titanium is very light weight which feels cheap. Please encourage me that the lightness of titanium is not cheap. Is anyone familiar with this watch? I am close to pulling the trigger. All my other watches have mo…
Continue readingIngenieur Automatic 35
The Basics
Brand: IWC
Model: Ingenieur 35
Reference Number: IW324901 (steel w/ silver dial) | IW324906 (steel w/black dia…