New Trio of Motorsport-inspired Chronograph Ingenieurs

Just released today as part of IWC's official timekeeping relationship with Goodwood Members Meetings:

74th Members’ Meeting at Goodwood’ chronograph ingenieur
LE74 42mm (Red Gold)

‘Rudolf Caracciola’ chronograph ingenieur &
‘W 125’ chronograph ingenieur
(both LE750 42mm, respectively dedicated to the legendary pre-War racing driver and the famous Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrow (stainless steel and titanium cases respectively).

Each model has the new IWC-manufactured 69370 calibre.

“This first version of the 69000-calibre family takes our in-house movement expertise to another level and sets new standards regarding quality, ruggedness and reliability.”

"The column-wheel chronograph movement comprises more than 200 components. It is 30 millimetres in diameter and 7.9 millimetres high. After 1,123 revolutions of the rotor, the bidirectional pawl-winding system has built up a power reserve of 46 hours. The balance oscillates at a rate of 4 Hz and guarantees a high level of precision. The movement has 33 jewels, and decorations consisting of Geneva stripes and circular graining."

-Thomas Gäumann, Head of In-House Movement Development at IWC Schaffhausen.

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regards,
thang

Excellent news! The new in-house chronograph caliber is out, and I think it looks promising.

I'm somewhat lukewarm about the actual watches, though... I think the design lacks imagination/panache, and the watches look too much like generic USD sub-2K 7750-chronographs.

Nice all :) Weekday feature is missing though - IMHO the base movement 69380 shows it. Hope later it will arrive - will do good to dial symmetry too...wonder if this can be modified till the autumn delivery or are dials alredy produced...
And I hope a matching bracelet will also be available...
AT and Pilot series to follow suit ASAP :)

Nice watches! I am looking forward to the specifications of the movement. I think that the 30 minute counter is an improvement over the 60 minute counter, because of the readability. The size of the watches is OK at 42x15 mm. A bit thick maybe, but quite fitting to a sporty watch.

Kind regards,
Paul

+1 about today's design. (Why in the hell a sub-counter at 6 o'clock for a Beobachtersuhr reedition...can't get over with that...)

Maybe this edition will bring me a bit less deception about what IWC does.
No particular engraving concerning the limitation of the serie?

The new GST!

Exactly my thoughts. The dial looks a bit TAG_Heuerish to me, while I like the case and especially the strap. And I miss the magnetic protection, while I can understand that many prefer the view on the nice caliber.
But as always: it might be different in the flesh, so I am looking forward to the watches in autumn.

Like the movement (a lot), the watches are not my cuppa tea....

BB

It is named after a famed 1930s race driver , so a bit of vintage is fitting, the steel/ardoise is a really nice combo, and square pushers are great ! Luminova dots for some history and the case looks a bit like the 866s . Good mix of retro/modern plus , finally, the new in house. Only 74 pieces will be made.

Is 27 the new display date, replacing 25? Not a bad idea, as the 2 and the 5 are quite similar.

Kind regards,
Paul

I like the watch, the case is nice, the movement seems interesting and does have a decent finishing and the bracelet is great.
Jean-Luc

Very interesting to see that all design reminicence from Genta's ref. 1832 has now disappeared from the Ingenieur.
Jens-Kristian

The movement is beautiful. I hope when they put the 69000 in the 3714, they give it a glass back and don't change anything else. I suppose it must be very tempting to start messing with a model that has been unchanged for 20 years. But every change (other than the movement and a glass back) would be a step away from perfection.

But I'm happy to finally see the new movement. I'm also waiting for the 42000. An entry-level hand wind at around 37-38mm for my toothpick girly-girl wrists would be hard to resist, but I guess that's not in the cards.

I was at Baselworld yesterday, and I have to say of all the watches I looked at, very few appealed to me. I didn't see anything that bowled me over.

Steven

Looking forward to the Ingenieurs that will be launched in 2017 to celebrate the 75th anniversary.

Not to forget the 50th anniversary of the Aquatimer... :)

Double post, Mod plz delete! Thx