IWC Ingenieur Double Chronograph 3765-01 Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com/watches/iwc The IWC Ingenieur Double Chronograph 3765-01 is a 45mm titanium monument to machinery. Any watch named “Ingenieur” is making a serious statement about its mechanical credentials, and this split-seconds (rattrapante) chronograph lives up to the boast. With an angular brushed Ti case, rugged natural rubber strap, and a striking black-and-blue dial, this day-date “engineer” with a German accent is a serious sidekick for technophile collectors. IWC releases its new models in annual themed galas. Each year’s “theme” involves the makeover of a single iconic IWC model line. 2012 was the “Year of the Ingenieur,” and the Double Chronograph was one of the stars. The hard-edged style of the IWC Ingenieur Double Chronograph traces its roots to the 1976 Ingenieur SL Ref. 1832. Designed by Gerald Genta, the Ref. 1832 contributes its prominent screw-fixed bezel and cushion case, baton-index dial, and stepped central lug hood to the modern 3765-01. But IWC’s Ingenieur Double Chronograph owes its sharp creases, oversized scale, and signature complication to the modern era of luxury watch innovation. A black dial provides the backdrop for a mass of data certain to please any “Ingenieur.” The split-seconds chronograph can be read from two center seconds hands, the chronograph minutes and hours record on vertically aligned sub-dials; civil time can be discerned with ease thanks to prominent hands and applied hour indices. IWC employs the rarely seen bla