1 Discussions and CommentsMember since Jan. 4, 2005
I'd like to ask members for any information on this watch or similar. The dial is identical to a 1954 Ingenieur, but this piece is circa 1952, so any information would be helpful. (Arabic numerals, batons, and dauphine hands are gold.) Thank you.
There were a large number of different dials on Ingenieurs in the 1950s. Please see http://www.frizzellweb.com/larry/ingenieur/
Your watch, of course, isn't an Ingenieur. It's a nicely-styled but common dial variation of the era. I don't have any early 1950s IWC catalogs, and the closest i've found is from 1957, which you can find at http://www.iwcforum.com/Vintage_Catalogs.html
There, you'll see a manual wind, Ref 309 http://www.iwcforum.com/Catalogs/1957/0000007.jpg And an automatic, Ref 347 http://www.iwcforum.com/Catalogs/1957/0000010.jpg The indices are slightly different, but there's also an identical dial but with a date.
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Dear GUTI, The first Ingenieur Ref. 666 was launched by IWC in 1954/55. It had caliber 8521, an improved cal. 85 built by Albert Pellaton as the first IWC automatic movement with central second. But above all it was equipped with the famous bi-directional pawn automatic winding system, also inventented by Albert Pellaton. You will find back in your watch this outstanding winding mechanism, but you will not find the soft iron case. This inner case was built in the Ingenieur watches from the start after the success of IWC iconic pilot's watch Mk 11. This soft iron case protected the movement against magnetic flux up to 80.000 A/m, a never seen value, 50 years ago. Obviously your watch looks very much like an Ingenieur from that era, but definitively it is a different watch, less sophisticated than the iconic Ingenieur, but still a hell of a watch. Kind regards, Adrian, (alwaysiwc.)
Last edited: 2 November, 2012 - 19:50
Your watch, of course, isn't an Ingenieur. It's a nicely-styled but common dial variation of the era. I don't have any early 1950s IWC catalogs, and the closest i've found is from 1957, which you can find at http://www.iwcforum.com/Vintage_Catalogs.html
There, you'll see a manual wind, Ref 309
http://www.iwcforum.com/Catalogs/1957/0000007.jpg
And an automatic, Ref 347
http://www.iwcforum.com/Catalogs/1957/0000010.jpg
The indices are slightly different, but there's also an identical dial but with a date.
Regards, Michael
mfriedberg@iwcforum.com
Last edited: 3 November, 2012 - 01:16
The first Ingenieur Ref. 666 was launched by IWC in 1954/55. It had caliber 8521, an improved cal. 85 built by Albert Pellaton as the first IWC automatic movement with central second. But above all it was equipped with the famous bi-directional pawn automatic winding system, also inventented by Albert Pellaton.
You will find back in your watch this outstanding winding mechanism, but you will not find the soft iron case. This inner case was built in the Ingenieur watches from the start after the success of IWC iconic pilot's watch Mk 11. This soft iron case protected the movement against magnetic flux up to 80.000 A/m, a never seen value, 50 years ago.
Obviously your watch looks very much like an Ingenieur from that era, but definitively it is a different watch, less sophisticated than the iconic Ingenieur, but still a hell of a watch.
Kind regards,
Adrian,
(alwaysiwc.)