IWC – International Watch Co. – Big Ingenieur – 7 days power reserve - Ref IW500501
| BRAND: |
IWC |
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MODEL: |
BIG INGENIEUR 7 DAYS POWER RESERVE – REF IW500501 |
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YEAR: |
CONTEMPORARY |
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MATERIAL: |
STAINLESS STEEL |
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SIZE – DIAMETER EXCLUDING WINDING CROWN: |
46MM |
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SIZE – LENGTH INCLUDING LUGS: |
51MM |
| CONDITION: |
GOOD |
| BOX: | NO |
| PAPER: | NO |
| PRICE: |
SOLD |
Beautiful IWC – International Watch Co. – Big Ingenieur – 7 days power reserve - Ref IW500501
Beautiful IWC Ingenieur with 7 days of power reserve with reference 500501. The watch has a black round dial with power reserve dial at 3 o’clock. Hours come with steel batons and Arabic numerals and baton for minutes. At 6 o’clock comes the window for the date and “Ingenieur” and 12 o’clock is engraved IWC Schaffhausen. The hands are in steel with Baton style. It is a “Swiss Made” model. The crown has the IWC logo. It is a stainless-steel screwed case with a crystal sapphire exhibition back case with serial number “3230281”. The watch comes with a manual winding movement with caliber C51112 with 44 jewels and 7 days of power reserve. The watch comes with an IWC black strap and IWC buckle.
History
The company was founded in 1841 by Florentine A. Jones in the small town of Rummey in the United States. When he turned 14, Jones moved to Boston to work with watchmakers and then move again in 1868 to Schaffhausen. His goal was to make cheap pocket watches for the US market using the industrial techniques. In 1869, he signed a lease with Johann Heinrich Moser where 2 years later the first pocket watches were produced. 1875 was the year of the first company bankruptcy followed by a second bankruptcy in 1879. Then the company is acquired by the Swiss industrial family Rauschenbach. In 1978, Instek AG bought the company. In 2000, the company is sold again to the Richemont group. Calibers of the brand are mythical as the “Jones”, “Mega” or “Pellaton”. IWC brand is particularly known in the world of aviation with the model “Mark 11”. IWC has also worked with “Porsche Design” and today IWC is particularly famous for this “Portuguese” model.
Technical details
Automatic movement with caliber C51112 with 44 jewels, 21,600 vibrations per hour and 168 hours of power reserve (7 days).
Measurements
Diameter excluding winding crown: 46mm
Length including lugs: 51mm
