IWC Ingenieur Perpetual Debuts in Titanium

The 45-mm case made of grade 5 titanium — a material used in modern automobile engines as well as aerospace components — reflects the “back to the roots” ethos that inspired the IWC Ingenieur Replica collection’s redesign in 2017.

Like other models in IWC’s portfolio outfitted with this complicated movement,the slate-colored dial has a distinctive look, with the date and month indicated in large numerals in the style of a digital fake watch.

In addition to the perpetual calendar, the watch is equipped with a flyback chronograph function, with elapsed hours and minutes tallied in a single subdial at 12 o’clock. The 6 o’clock subdial displays the running seconds and a leap-year indication.

Inside the case, which is water-resistant to 120 meters, is the movement that drives all of these functions, IWC Replica US Watch manufacture Caliber 89801, on display through a sapphire window.It runs in 51 jewels, beats at a 28,800-vph frequency, and amasses a 68-hour power reserve. The watch is mounted on a black calfskin strap.

The Right Stuff: IWC Launches Big Pilot’s Watch

In a world where only about 10 percent of the population is believed to be left-handed, anecdotal evidence has indicated that the number of lefties among pilots is significantly higher — as many as 40 percent. With this in mind, it begs the question as to why there are not more pilots’ replica watches designed to be worn on the right hand.

At least one of the watch world’s most noted purveyors of timepieces for aviators, IWC Schaffhausen Replica, has finally addressed this large potential audience with a new limited edition in its iconic Big Pilot’s collection: the IWC Big Pilot’s Watch Edition “Right Hander.”

It takes its design inspiration from a 1940s model, the Copy Big Pilot’s Watch Calibre 52, and shares that vintage piece’s titanic case diameter of 46.2 mm. The left-mounted crown, its conical shape and large size designed for ease of use by pilots wearing thick gloves, screws into the case, which is made of stainless steel and water resistant to 60 meters.

Under a convex, nonreflective sapphire crystal, the slate-colored dial bears the classical hallmarks of the Swiss IWC Replica Big Pilot collection, with large, luminous Arabic numerals and hands as well as the traditional triangle at 12 o’clock. This model also displays the date at 6 o’clock, the small seconds at 3 o’clock, and the status of the watch’s lengthy seven-day power reserve at 9 o’clock.