IWC

. . . in Beverly Hills last week at the boutique. The plan was to stop by and sample the wares, then continue southward for a session of 8-ball with my pals. As it turned out, the traffic was so thick Friday afternoon that I ended up back at home in the a...  

How does it feel on the wrist? 40mm seems pretty refreshing after all of these jumbo sizes IWC has been putting out.

. . . it came across more sensibly than the 46 mm chronograph that was on my wrist only a few minutes before. I rather liked the appearance of the black dial version on my wrist . . .

Always have loved the Ingenieur, specially the model from the 80's and 90's, my fav one is the meca-quartz alarm chronograph from the 90's, despite of being 34mm, it looks great on my wrist and to my eyes. I could not afford it back in the 90's, so if I f...  

Thanks, Art for presenting the latest collection. I agree with you that the Ingenieur Automatics you post at the end of your article are the real winners out of this group. The rest can go back to the drawing board IMO. The worst piece to me is the one wi... 

No, I think not. Aren\'t these beautiful though? Photos from Wikipedia ...  

IWC has great pieces in their archives, but the last few years have almost nearly been a bust for me, in terms of novelties that I've actually liked. Thanks for the pix! Daos

And cutting back to three, I can\'t see any from this lot joining my collection. The only one that called to me in 5 years was the Climate Action, but I so wanted it to have a transparent case back. The ceramic bezel is great, complementing the black and ...  

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. . . what I can do, Nico. :-) And, if it turns out to be impossible, it will be my pleasure to offer you one of Maggie's chihuahua s . . . . . . made with freshly squeezed grapefruit and blanco tequila. ...  

But it never entered on my "radar" because of the non-standard strap attachment. But by and large it seems a very harmonic collection. Thanks for showing, Nilo

Thanks a lot for the report Art! I was quite disappointed by this Ingénieur collection but I would like to see it again to make a final judgement. But for me, the Ingénieur Automatic is the best by far. Best regards. Fx