The IWC Ingenieur Titanium is Genta in the 21st century
Steel may be the go-to material for a luxe sports watch, but titanium just makes sense, doesn’t it?
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Trivial to some, cool to see for many, people around the world are constantly tuning in to see what celebrities are wearing. For watch fans, the magnifying glass is being held up to the wrists of celebrities. I think we all have experienced friends and family giving us the side-eye as we constantly pause a …
Fellow watch enthusiasts, tell me I’m not the only one that, when trying on a new watch, performs that well-known bobbing motion to get a sense of its heft. You’re doing it right now, aren’t you? Usually, we’re used to our watches being reassuringly hefty and use that as indicator of quality, however, titanium watches …
Walking into the IWC booth at this year’s Watches & Wonders, you were instantly transported into the 1970s, surrounded by iconic shapes from design geniuses of the time. To efficiently navigate this landscape that likely resembles the inside of Dieter Rams’ brain, you need a competent guide, and who better than IWC CEO Chris Grainger-Herr? …
While IWC is rightly known for their wide range of classic Pilot’s watches, including the Big Wrist Energy radiating from their Big Pilot’s models, their many chronograph references, and the flieger-style Mark series, there’s another name that’s no less important in their history: The Ingenieur. First developed in the 1950s for technical and scientific applications, …
A lot can change in the space of a year. It was exactly this time last year, as I was preparing to attend my first Watches and Wonders, that I decided to mark the occasion with a new watch. I’d worked through a few different references during the 12 months prior and nothing had really …