Replica IWC Ingenieur Chronograph W125 Limited Edition Titanium Ref. IW380701 Watch
This particular replica IWC Ingenieur Chronograph W 125 seems to almost nail it when it comes to the piece's diameter to thickness ratio measuring approximately 42 millimeters in diameter that makes it suitable for most wrists out there, yet is just 15 millimeters thick: good news to persons planning to wear these beauties with formal attire.
Featuring alternately brushed and polished surfaces, the stainless steel case is also equipped with a screw-in case back that features a sapphire crystal giving superb view to the in-house replica IWC Ingenieur chronograph W125 Limited Edition Titanium caliber 69370 that powers this device. Traditionally for the brand, the case back cover seems to be machined from a piece of solid steel and features a rather complex shape. The effect is somewhat spoiled by all the technical inscriptions engraved on the outer rim of the back, but that, too, is something to be expected.
The front crystal is, too, cut from a piece of synthetic sapphire glass and features convex profile that together with coatings of antireflective treatment on its inner and outer surfaces makes reading the dial even easier. The strap is, of course, as premium as is theoretically possible when you are buying a $7k watch: the black calfskin leather strap features expensive-looking black stitching and comes with titanium pin buckle that, while not as convenient as a deployment clasp, makes a really nice impression with its old-school look and feel.
Nowadays, when a mechanical chronograph is more of a toy than a tool, as is the inevitable tachymeter scale on the inner bezel flange, people mostly use the instrument in order to measure relatively short time intervals that rarely exceed more than five or ten minutes and quite rarely at that, and with this sort of use you would want the minutes display to take the most visible place on the dial with the hours indicator being moved to a more, well, secondary position.
The legibility, as you can see on the photos, is really good for a classic chronograph. The blacked-out hands and hour markers with portions of white Superluminova on them look very high-contrast over the silver background, ditto the black chronograph hands, as well as the small seconds indicator at six o'clock. As you can see, the Swiss brand even decided to further visually differentiate the Replica IWC Ingenieur chronograph indicators from the rest of the pack using red tips on the pointers themselves, as well as red sectors on the tiny chapter rings. The date aperture is predictably tiny, but is still large enough even for double-digit numerals to be easily readable even by persons with not that stellar eyesight.
Swiss engineers decided to employ the IWC Caliber 69370 automatic movement to power this model. As the name implies, this is a version of their relatively new Cal. 69000 base movement that was introduced back in 2015. Designed to animate their entry-level wristwatches, this simple movement has been gradually replacing the legendary ETA 775x family of blank calibers as the brand's overall push to stop relying on third-party mechanisms and go completely in-house.
Priced at more than $7000 USD, the watch doesn't look affordable to yours truly, but replica IWC Ingenieur Chronograph watch apparently has a dissenting opinion on this matter: the mechanism's exterior finish looks like it was deliberately cheapened with its bridges featuring nothing but circular Geneva Stripes done by some computer-guided machine and some perlage, while the skeletonized oscillating weight not only became more generic in terms of finish, but has also lost the signature 18-carat gold alloy Probus Scafusia medallion in the process. Well, their 7750-based mechanisms never looked especially fancy either, so the way the cal. 69370 is finished doesn't come as that big of a surprise although I am still convinced that IWC acts cheap in this regard. Shame on them.
IWC Ingenieur Chronograph Silberfeil 45mm Mens Watch Replica
Regular Price: $159.00
Special Price $135.15
Featuring alternately brushed and polished surfaces, the stainless steel case is also equipped with a screw-in case back that features a sapphire crystal giving superb view to the in-house replica IWC Ingenieur chronograph W125 Limited Edition Titanium caliber 69370 that powers this device. Traditionally for the brand, the case back cover seems to be machined from a piece of solid steel and features a rather complex shape. The effect is somewhat spoiled by all the technical inscriptions engraved on the outer rim of the back, but that, too, is something to be expected.
The front crystal is, too, cut from a piece of synthetic sapphire glass and features convex profile that together with coatings of antireflective treatment on its inner and outer surfaces makes reading the dial even easier. The strap is, of course, as premium as is theoretically possible when you are buying a $7k watch: the black calfskin leather strap features expensive-looking black stitching and comes with titanium pin buckle that, while not as convenient as a deployment clasp, makes a really nice impression with its old-school look and feel.
Nowadays, when a mechanical chronograph is more of a toy than a tool, as is the inevitable tachymeter scale on the inner bezel flange, people mostly use the instrument in order to measure relatively short time intervals that rarely exceed more than five or ten minutes and quite rarely at that, and with this sort of use you would want the minutes display to take the most visible place on the dial with the hours indicator being moved to a more, well, secondary position.
The legibility, as you can see on the photos, is really good for a classic chronograph. The blacked-out hands and hour markers with portions of white Superluminova on them look very high-contrast over the silver background, ditto the black chronograph hands, as well as the small seconds indicator at six o'clock. As you can see, the Swiss brand even decided to further visually differentiate the Replica IWC Ingenieur chronograph indicators from the rest of the pack using red tips on the pointers themselves, as well as red sectors on the tiny chapter rings. The date aperture is predictably tiny, but is still large enough even for double-digit numerals to be easily readable even by persons with not that stellar eyesight.
Swiss engineers decided to employ the IWC Caliber 69370 automatic movement to power this model. As the name implies, this is a version of their relatively new Cal. 69000 base movement that was introduced back in 2015. Designed to animate their entry-level wristwatches, this simple movement has been gradually replacing the legendary ETA 775x family of blank calibers as the brand's overall push to stop relying on third-party mechanisms and go completely in-house.
Priced at more than $7000 USD, the watch doesn't look affordable to yours truly, but replica IWC Ingenieur Chronograph watch apparently has a dissenting opinion on this matter: the mechanism's exterior finish looks like it was deliberately cheapened with its bridges featuring nothing but circular Geneva Stripes done by some computer-guided machine and some perlage, while the skeletonized oscillating weight not only became more generic in terms of finish, but has also lost the signature 18-carat gold alloy Probus Scafusia medallion in the process. Well, their 7750-based mechanisms never looked especially fancy either, so the way the cal. 69370 is finished doesn't come as that big of a surprise although I am still convinced that IWC acts cheap in this regard. Shame on them.
IWC Ingenieur Chronograph Silberfeil 45mm Mens Watch Replica
Regular Price: $159.00
Special Price $135.15
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