Tag: IWC
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IWC Brings Midnight Blue Dial to Ingenieur Collection
IWC is introducing a new dial color to their Ingenieur collection this week, and while it doesn’t represent a big change, it does bring out a new personality for the newly redesigned integrated sport watch. This is a watch that’s largely flown under the radar since its release in early 2023, with few examples in…
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Video: The IWC Fliegerchronograph ref. 3706 Retrospective
IWC is known for their great sport watches, and unique take on practical complications. We know ‘em, we love ‘em. But there’s no denying that, with the brand’s goals of moving further up market, they’ve lost a bit of that raw edge that made them so special just a few decades ago. The precursor to…
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IWC Introduces New Luminous Ceramic Material Ceralume
Lume isn’t just for dials anymore. We’ve seen a slow intrusion of the material into other elements of a watch, from the strap, to the case, and this week; IWC takes that a step further with the introduction of a new material called Ceralume. The material, developed by IWC’s experimental division XPL, is a fully…
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Video Review: The IWC Ingenieur Automatic 40 3289
Back in 2020, with much of the world in lockdown, the watch industry was entering something of a supercharged state. Hype was building to an all-time high, and a certain era of retro styled integrated bracelet sports watches were leading the charge. Brands with anything resembling an integrated sports watch in their back catalog rushed…
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Five Watches from 2023 That Are Worth Remembering
This year continued the trend of frantic release schedules by most brands, offering new renditions, re-launching collections, or even introducing new collections altogether at break-neck pace. There was no shortage of truly great watches released this year, leaving us mostly spoiled for choice, but there are always a small handful that make a deeper impression…
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The IWC Ingenieur 3239 Retrospective
The IWC Ingenieur has a varied past that spans multiple generations and identities, having reinvented itself most recently in 2023 with a hard reset back to its Gerald Genta era design language. It was a move IWC enthusiasts had been asking for since CEO Chris Grainger took the reins from Georges Kern back in 2017.…
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IWC Hits the Big Screen with New Perpetual Calendar Aquatimer
Creating a complicated dive watch presents some unique challenges, making for a tricky subcategory of the genre. A dive watch is meant to be simple and easy to use in compromised visibility, afterall, so the idea of layering in any unnecessary information runs counter to the core purpose of the watch. But that doesn’t mean…