Grande Ingenieur Chronographe

IW378401

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Grande Ingenieur Chronographe

Brand  : IWC
Collection  : Ingenieur
Model  : Grande Ingenieur Chronographe
Reference  : IW378401
Complement : Stainless Steel
Year : 2009
Is not commercialised any more

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  • Brand  : IWC
    Collection  : Ingenieur
    Model  : Grande Ingenieur Chronographe
    Reference  : IW378401
    Complement : Stainless Steel
    Year : 2009
    Is not commercialised any more
    List Price : On request
    Diameter : 45.5 mm
    Thickness : 14.5 mm
    Styles : Sporty
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : 89360
    Complication : Small Seconds
    Flyback Chronograph
    Tachymeter
    Hours and Minutes Counter
    Stop second mechanism
    Case material : Stainless steel
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    Screwed-down crown
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : 150 meters
    Dial color : Black
    Display : Luminescent hands
    Indexes : Baton-type
    Luminescent
    Arabic numerals
    Glass : Antireflective coating
    Sapphire
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Black
    Strap clasp : Pin buckle
    + More characteristics : Movement
    40 jewels
    Frequency:
    28 800 vibrations per hour
    Power reserve: 68 hours

    Stopwatch function with hours. minutes and seconds

    Dial
    Hour and minute counters combined in a single subdial at 12 o’clock

    Weight: 152 g

DESCRIPTION

  • For the challenges of nature

    The world of the Ingenieur begins at the point where most of the others encounter their limits. Because it is superbly built to meet the earthly challenges of our age. The Big Ingenieur Chronograph from IWC Schaffhausen is the instrument for men who feel at home in the great outdoors and take on the challenges of nature.

    There is no progress without risk. No knowledge without inquisitiveness. Man yearns to research, develop, build. Above all, however, he is driven by the need to pit himself repeatedly against challenges in order to push his own limits. The Big Ingenieur Chronograph from IWC Schaffhausen is an horological high-end product with the greatest diversity on the one hand, and with robustness and sporting appeal on the other hand – yet all the time retaining its style and class. A true Ingenieur to the core.

    What is more, the Ingenieur has always attracted like a magnet the best ideas of the designers and watchmakers. The Big Ingenieur Chronograph in platinum (250 watches limited variant), rose gold and stainless steel also brings together everything that is good, innovative and exceptionally hard-wearing: the IWC manufactured 89360 calibre chronograph movement with a double-pawl winding system, flyback function and analogue display of long stop times, design of the movement for robustness and a larger case with a tachymeter scale. And the fact that the soft iron inner case, not considered essential by everyone, was dispensed with also makes it comfortable to wear on account of its weight, size and ergonomic case/strap design. This is only to be expected from an item of equipment intended for daily and out-of-the-ordinary use. In addition, it invites anyone with a penchant for things mechanical to admire its inner values through the sapphire glass back. And they are indeed impressive.

    The typical Ingenieur case has been revised once again, and its increased diameter of 45.5 millimetres also imparts a rather slimmer and accordingly more elegant appearance. Yet above all else, the idea of further enhancing the robustness of this Ingenieur through design measures was always at the forefront. For this reason, the Big Ingenieur Chronograph with the chronograph buttons integrated harmoniously into the case was given an additional side guard to protect the screw-in crown from lateral impacts. Better safe than sorry. It is also water-resistant to 12 bar.

    The real reassurance comes from inside, however, and this has been an innate characteristic of the 89360 calibre chronograph movement from the moment of its birth, so to speak: it is powered by the IWC double-pawl winding mechanism. Here, the four pawls are driven by a crankshaft – according to the same principle used in automotive engineering – and transmit the movement of the rotor to the winding pinion. The system is so efficient in terms of its energy consumption that the rotor weight could be reduced. The result is less wear. The rotor itself is supported on a spring bridge, which absorbs shocks and vibrations from all sides.

    The many and diverse capabilities of the integral chronograph with its flyback function can un fold precisely under these ideal conditions. The central stop hand measures the “small” stop times of up to a minute. It can also be used to measure the actual speed on the tachymeter scale over a reference distance of 1 000 metres, for example. It is thus also possible for a number units or events occurring within a given minute to be extrapolated to an hour. Furthermore, the flyback chronograph from IWC permits the immediate cancellation of a running measurement by actuating the reset button. The stop hands fly back to zero and immediately begin to record a new time. However, its greatest practical benefit is the analogue display of longer stop times (over one minute) by two hands on an inner dial. By this means, stop times can be read off conveniently, much like a second time, without the need to add them together first. This function – in conjunction with the design of the movement – also allows the chronograph to operate for a longer period without any drop in amplitude. The movement equipped with a date display and a small seconds hand builds up a power reserve of 68 hours in only a short time thanks to the double-pawl automatic winding system.

  • For the challenges of nature

    The world of the Ingenieur begins at the point where most of the others encounter their limits. Because it is superbly built to meet the earthly challenges of our age. The Big Ingenieur Chronograph from IWC Schaffhausen is the instrument for men who feel at home in the great outdoors and take on the challenges of nature.

    There is no progress without risk. No knowledge without inquisitiveness. Man yearns to research, develop, build. Above all, however, he is driven by the need to pit himself repeatedly against challenges in order to push his own limits. The Big Ingenieur Chronograph from IWC Schaffhausen is an horological high-end product with the greatest diversity on the one hand, and with robustness and sporting appeal on the other hand – yet all the time retaining its style and class. A true Ingenieur to the core.

    What is more, the Ingenieur has always attracted like a magnet the best ideas of the designers and watchmakers. The Big Ingenieur Chronograph in platinum (250 watches limited variant), rose gold and stainless steel also brings together everything that is good, innovative and exceptionally hard-wearing: the IWC manufactured 89360 calibre chronograph movement with a double-pawl winding system, flyback function and analogue display of long stop times, design of the movement for robustness and a larger case with a tachymeter scale. And the fact that the soft iron inner case, not considered essential by everyone, was dispensed with also makes it comfortable to wear on account of its weight, size and ergonomic case/strap design. This is only to be expected from an item of equipment intended for daily and out-of-the-ordinary use. In addition, it invites anyone with a penchant for things mechanical to admire its inner values through the sapphire glass back. And they are indeed impressive.

    The typical Ingenieur case has been revised once again, and its increased diameter of 45.5 millimetres also imparts a rather slimmer and accordingly more elegant appearance. Yet above all else, the idea of further enhancing the robustness of this Ingenieur through design measures was always at the forefront. For this reason, the Big Ingenieur Chronograph with the chronograph buttons integrated harmoniously into the case was given an additional side guard to protect the screw-in crown from lateral impacts. Better safe than sorry. It is also water-resistant to 12 bar.

    The real reassurance comes from inside, however, and this has been an innate characteristic of the 89360 calibre chronograph movement from the moment of its birth, so to speak: it is powered by the IWC double-pawl winding mechanism. Here, the four pawls are driven by a crankshaft – according to the same principle used in automotive engineering – and transmit the movement of the rotor to the winding pinion. The system is so efficient in terms of its energy consumption that the rotor weight could be reduced. The result is less wear. The rotor itself is supported on a spring bridge, which absorbs shocks and vibrations from all sides.

    The many and diverse capabilities of the integral chronograph with its flyback function can un fold precisely under these ideal conditions. The central stop hand measures the “small” stop times of up to a minute. It can also be used to measure the actual speed on the tachymeter scale over a reference distance of 1 000 metres, for example. It is thus also possible for a number units or events occurring within a given minute to be extrapolated to an hour. Furthermore, the flyback chronograph from IWC permits the immediate cancellation of a running measurement by actuating the reset button. The stop hands fly back to zero and immediately begin to record a new time. However, its greatest practical benefit is the analogue display of longer stop times (over one minute) by two hands on an inner dial. By this means, stop times can be read off conveniently, much like a second time, without the need to add them together first. This function – in conjunction with the design of the movement – also allows the chronograph to operate for a longer period without any drop in amplitude. The movement equipped with a date display and a small seconds hand builds up a power reserve of 68 hours in only a short time thanks to the double-pawl automatic winding system.

  • Brand  : IWC
    Collection  : Ingenieur
    Model  : Grande Ingenieur Chronographe
    Reference  : IW378401
    Complement : Stainless Steel
    Year : 2009
    Is not commercialised any more
    List Price : On request
    Diameter : 45.5 mm
    Thickness : 14.5 mm
    Styles : Sporty
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : 89360
    Complication : Small Seconds
    Flyback Chronograph
    Tachymeter
    Hours and Minutes Counter
    Stop second mechanism
    Case material : Stainless steel
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    Screwed-down crown
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : 150 meters
    Dial color : Black
    Display : Luminescent hands
    Indexes : Baton-type
    Luminescent
    Arabic numerals
    Glass : Antireflective coating
    Sapphire
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Black
    Strap clasp : Pin buckle
    More characteristics : Movement
    40 jewels
    Frequency:
    28 800 vibrations per hour
    Power reserve: 68 hours

    Stopwatch function with hours. minutes and seconds

    Dial
    Hour and minute counters combined in a single subdial at 12 o’clock

    Weight: 152 g