Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil

IW378511

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Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil

Brand  : IWC
Collection  : Ingenieur
Model  : Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil
Reference  : IW378511
Complement : Steel - Rubber Strap with Calfskin Inlay
Year : 2013
Is not commercialised any more

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  • Brand  : IWC
    Collection  : Ingenieur
    Model  : Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil
    Reference  : IW378511
    Complement : Steel - Rubber Strap with Calfskin Inlay
    Year : 2013
    Is not commercialised any more
    List Price : 11 600 €
    Diameter : 45 mm
    Thickness : 14.5 mm
    Styles : Sporty
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : 89361
    Complication : 60-Minute Counter
    Small Seconds
    Stop second mechanism
    12-Hour Counter
    Flyback Chronograph
    Case material : Steel
    Case peculiarity : Engraved caseback
    Screwed-down caseback
    Screwed-down crown
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : 120 meters
    Dial color : Dark Brown
    Display : Luminescent hands
    Indexes : Arabic numerals
    Baton-type
    Glass : Sapphire
    Strap material : Rubber
    Calfskin
    Strap color : Dark Brown
    Strap clasp : Pin buckle
    + More characteristics : MOVEMENT:
    Frequency: 28.800 A/h /4Hz
    Jewels: 38
    Power reserve: 68 h 
     
    BRACELET:
    black rubber strap with brown calfskin inlay

DESCRIPTION

  • With its Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil, IWC breathes fresh life into the legend of the historic Mercedes-Benz racing car. The designers took their inspiration from the illustrious W25 while the technicians equipped the chronograph, as only fitting, with a highly efficient IWC-manufactured movement. 

    An old black-and-white photograph taken at a motor race in Bern in 1936 records a very special moment: it shows  Albert Pellaton, IWC Schaffhausen’s future Technical Director, walking along the Mercedes-Benz pit and a line of W25 Silver Arrow racing cars. In the background we see the Mercedes team mechanics and even Mercedes’ well-known  racing-team manager, Alfred Neubauer. It is a brief encounter between men with a passion for engineering: men who use  that passion -in both watchmaking and motorsport – in the pursuit of excellence, and who write technological history.To this day, the two disciplines are united by an obsession for precision technology and the quest for higher efficiency and performance.

    AN INGENIOUS INVENTION AND A CRAZY IDEA

    Albert Pellaton went on to design a pawl winding mechanism for IWC that was named after him. His 85-calibre  movement featured the world’s first bidirectionally wound automatic movement. Unlike conventional winding systems,   which functioned only when the rotor was moving in one direction, his mechanism wound in both directions and was  significantly more efficient. Pellaton’s invention gave IWC a technological edge over the competition in the 1950s and has been continuously improved ever since. Today, it plays an important role in the Ingenieur watch family. The Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrow dominated international motor-sport in the 1930s and in 1954/55, thanks not least to its mechanics. By the standards of the time, their contribution was simply remarkable. The Mercedes Silver Arrow’s success story has lasted to this day and began with the W25 at the Eifel GP on the Nürburgring in 1934. It was there that Manfred von Brauchitsch was first past the chequered flag in a cigar-shaped car that developed 354 h.p. and was capable of speeds up to 300 kph. The car had already created a furore in the Mercedes pit before the race even started. During the official technical inspection, it proved to be exactly one kilogram heavier than the permitted maximum weight of 750 kilograms. At this, von Brauchitsch is said to have suggested stripping the white paint to reduce the weight to the permitted limit. And overnight, this is precisely what the mechanics did. This revealed the gleaming  aluminium bodywork, which from then on gave the W25 and its successors the name “Silver Arrow” (German:“Silberpfeil”). The legend was born.

    THE MERGER OF TWO TECHNOLOGICAL ICONS

    In 2013, IWC Schaffhausen brings together the illustrious  names “Ingenieur” and “Silberpfeil” in its new Ingenieur  Chronograph Silberpfeil. The thing that strikes you most  about the chronograph in its stainless-steel case is the  design. One of the most conspicuous features is the  circular- grained dial in silver (Ref. IW378505) or brown  (Ref. IW378511). Circular graining, or “perlage”, is a cloud-  like pattern of small overlapping circles that is usually   reserved for plates and bridges. Here, it is a tribute to the  legendary Mercedes-Benz W25, whose instruments were  mounted on a dashboard with a circular-grained surround.  The pattern creates a fascinating play of light and reflections   and gives the Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil its high-  quality, technically inspired look. The red elements on the  silver-plated or brown dial take up the design of the tach-  om eter and revolution counter. The date display is integrated   into the lower counter, thus maintaining the perfect symmetry   of the dial.  With its Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil, IWC breathes fresh life into the legend of the historic  Mercedes-Benz racing car. The designers took their inspiration from the illustrious W25 while the  technicians equipped the chronograph, as only fitting, with a highly efficient IWC-manufactured  movement. 

    TRADITION AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY 

    The efficient IWC-manufactured 89361 calibre is one of the  best that fine watchmaking currently has to offer. The  movement enables stopped hours and minutes to be read  off as simply as the time on a subdial, while the central  stopwatch hand records short stop times of up to a minute.   Used in combination with the tachymeter scale, this provides   the speed at which a reference distance of 1,000 metres  is completed. Another practical feature for anyone who fre-  quents the world’s racing circuits is the flyback function for  measuring pit-stop times: simply pressing the reset button   causes the chronograph seconds hand to jump to zero and  immediately starts another timing sequence. This eliminates  the complicated business of successively pressing   the  stop, reset and start buttons. The further-improved Pellaton   winding system builds up a 68-hour power reserve in next  to no time. Its automatic double-pawl winding mechanism  is 30 per cent more efficient than the one designed by  Albert Pellaton: an enhancement of which the ingenious  inventor would wholeheartedly have approved. On top of  that, the watch’s accuracy is unaffected when the chrono-  graph is running or when the flyback function is activated.  Grand Prix. The winner, Juan Manuel Fangio, won three more  Grands Prix with his W196 R, and the world championship.  The W196 R dominated the 1955 season too. In the seven  Grand Prix events that year, the team won five races, four  of them one-twos, and Juan Manuel Fangio retained his  Formula One™ crown. Teammate Stirling Moss became   a living legend when he won the 1955 Mille Miglia in a    new record time. After this, Mercedes-Benz retired from   motorsport to focus on series production. Since 2010, the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team has  been vying for points again, and is now supported by its  Official Engineering Partner, IWC Schaffhausen.

    IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN

    With a clear focus on technology and development, the  Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen has been  producing timepieces of lasting value since 1868. The com-  pany has gained an international reputation based on a  passion for innovative solutions and technical ingenuity. One  of the world’s leading brands in the luxury watch segment,  IWC crafts masterpieces of haute horlogerie at its finest,  combining supreme precision with exclusive design. 
    The Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil has a wristband with  a brown leather inlay. This likewise takes us back to the  world of motor racing in the 1930s, when sturdy leather  straps – on the drivers’ overalls as well as in the cockpit and  on the car’s bonnet – were virtually omnipresent. Unlike  those, however, the chronograph’s high-quality strap is  made of finest calfskin, which is bonded with hardwearing  rubber on the inner surface. In this way, the traditional  leather look is combined with the comfort and long service  life of rubber. Another option is the stainless-steel bracelet  with a fine-adjustment clasp. An elaborate engraving of a  historic Silver Arrow racing car can be found on the case  back.

    THE ERA OF THE SILVER ARROWS

    Between 1934 and 1939, Mercedes-Benz won countless  Grand Prix victories and championships with the Silver  Arrow.  In 1935, Rudolf Caracciola was crowned European  champion driving the W25: a feat he repeated with its suc-  cessor, the W125, in 1937, and in 1938 with the W154.  Until 1939, he and the other members of the team, such as  Manfred von Brauchitsch and Hermann Lang, dominated  international motorsport’s premier discipline. And in 1954,  Mercedes-Benz celebrated the return of the Silver Arrows  to Formula One™ with a one-two victory at the French

    FURTHER INFORMATION

    IWC Schaffhausen
    Branch of Richemont International SA 
    Uwe Liebminger
    Department Manager Public Relations
    Mobile +41 (0)79 957 72 52
    E-mail uwe.liebminger@iwc.com
    Internet www.iwc.com/press

    DOWNLOADS

    Illustrative material marking the launch of the new 2013 Ingenieur watch collection from IWC can be downloaded free of charge at www.photopress.ch/image/IWC/SIHH/2013
  • With its Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil, IWC breathes fresh life into the legend of the historic Mercedes-Benz racing car. The designers took their inspiration from the illustrious W25 while the technicians equipped the chronograph, as only fitting, with a highly efficient IWC-manufactured movement. 

    An old black-and-white photograph taken at a motor race in Bern in 1936 records a very special moment: it shows  Albert Pellaton, IWC Schaffhausen’s future Technical Director, walking along the Mercedes-Benz pit and a line of W25 Silver Arrow racing cars. In the background we see the Mercedes team mechanics and even Mercedes’ well-known  racing-team manager, Alfred Neubauer. It is a brief encounter between men with a passion for engineering: men who use  that passion -in both watchmaking and motorsport – in the pursuit of excellence, and who write technological history.To this day, the two disciplines are united by an obsession for precision technology and the quest for higher efficiency and performance.

    AN INGENIOUS INVENTION AND A CRAZY IDEA

    Albert Pellaton went on to design a pawl winding mechanism for IWC that was named after him. His 85-calibre  movement featured the world’s first bidirectionally wound automatic movement. Unlike conventional winding systems,   which functioned only when the rotor was moving in one direction, his mechanism wound in both directions and was  significantly more efficient. Pellaton’s invention gave IWC a technological edge over the competition in the 1950s and has been continuously improved ever since. Today, it plays an important role in the Ingenieur watch family. The Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrow dominated international motor-sport in the 1930s and in 1954/55, thanks not least to its mechanics. By the standards of the time, their contribution was simply remarkable. The Mercedes Silver Arrow’s success story has lasted to this day and began with the W25 at the Eifel GP on the Nürburgring in 1934. It was there that Manfred von Brauchitsch was first past the chequered flag in a cigar-shaped car that developed 354 h.p. and was capable of speeds up to 300 kph. The car had already created a furore in the Mercedes pit before the race even started. During the official technical inspection, it proved to be exactly one kilogram heavier than the permitted maximum weight of 750 kilograms. At this, von Brauchitsch is said to have suggested stripping the white paint to reduce the weight to the permitted limit. And overnight, this is precisely what the mechanics did. This revealed the gleaming  aluminium bodywork, which from then on gave the W25 and its successors the name “Silver Arrow” (German:“Silberpfeil”). The legend was born.

    THE MERGER OF TWO TECHNOLOGICAL ICONS

    In 2013, IWC Schaffhausen brings together the illustrious  names “Ingenieur” and “Silberpfeil” in its new Ingenieur  Chronograph Silberpfeil. The thing that strikes you most  about the chronograph in its stainless-steel case is the  design. One of the most conspicuous features is the  circular- grained dial in silver (Ref. IW378505) or brown  (Ref. IW378511). Circular graining, or “perlage”, is a cloud-  like pattern of small overlapping circles that is usually   reserved for plates and bridges. Here, it is a tribute to the  legendary Mercedes-Benz W25, whose instruments were  mounted on a dashboard with a circular-grained surround.  The pattern creates a fascinating play of light and reflections   and gives the Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil its high-  quality, technically inspired look. The red elements on the  silver-plated or brown dial take up the design of the tach-  om eter and revolution counter. The date display is integrated   into the lower counter, thus maintaining the perfect symmetry   of the dial.  With its Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil, IWC breathes fresh life into the legend of the historic  Mercedes-Benz racing car. The designers took their inspiration from the illustrious W25 while the  technicians equipped the chronograph, as only fitting, with a highly efficient IWC-manufactured  movement. 

    TRADITION AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY 

    The efficient IWC-manufactured 89361 calibre is one of the  best that fine watchmaking currently has to offer. The  movement enables stopped hours and minutes to be read  off as simply as the time on a subdial, while the central  stopwatch hand records short stop times of up to a minute.   Used in combination with the tachymeter scale, this provides   the speed at which a reference distance of 1,000 metres  is completed. Another practical feature for anyone who fre-  quents the world’s racing circuits is the flyback function for  measuring pit-stop times: simply pressing the reset button   causes the chronograph seconds hand to jump to zero and  immediately starts another timing sequence. This eliminates  the complicated business of successively pressing   the  stop, reset and start buttons. The further-improved Pellaton   winding system builds up a 68-hour power reserve in next  to no time. Its automatic double-pawl winding mechanism  is 30 per cent more efficient than the one designed by  Albert Pellaton: an enhancement of which the ingenious  inventor would wholeheartedly have approved. On top of  that, the watch’s accuracy is unaffected when the chrono-  graph is running or when the flyback function is activated.  Grand Prix. The winner, Juan Manuel Fangio, won three more  Grands Prix with his W196 R, and the world championship.  The W196 R dominated the 1955 season too. In the seven  Grand Prix events that year, the team won five races, four  of them one-twos, and Juan Manuel Fangio retained his  Formula One™ crown. Teammate Stirling Moss became   a living legend when he won the 1955 Mille Miglia in a    new record time. After this, Mercedes-Benz retired from   motorsport to focus on series production. Since 2010, the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team has  been vying for points again, and is now supported by its  Official Engineering Partner, IWC Schaffhausen.

    IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN

    With a clear focus on technology and development, the  Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen has been  producing timepieces of lasting value since 1868. The com-  pany has gained an international reputation based on a  passion for innovative solutions and technical ingenuity. One  of the world’s leading brands in the luxury watch segment,  IWC crafts masterpieces of haute horlogerie at its finest,  combining supreme precision with exclusive design. 
    The Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil has a wristband with  a brown leather inlay. This likewise takes us back to the  world of motor racing in the 1930s, when sturdy leather  straps – on the drivers’ overalls as well as in the cockpit and  on the car’s bonnet – were virtually omnipresent. Unlike  those, however, the chronograph’s high-quality strap is  made of finest calfskin, which is bonded with hardwearing  rubber on the inner surface. In this way, the traditional  leather look is combined with the comfort and long service  life of rubber. Another option is the stainless-steel bracelet  with a fine-adjustment clasp. An elaborate engraving of a  historic Silver Arrow racing car can be found on the case  back.

    THE ERA OF THE SILVER ARROWS

    Between 1934 and 1939, Mercedes-Benz won countless  Grand Prix victories and championships with the Silver  Arrow.  In 1935, Rudolf Caracciola was crowned European  champion driving the W25: a feat he repeated with its suc-  cessor, the W125, in 1937, and in 1938 with the W154.  Until 1939, he and the other members of the team, such as  Manfred von Brauchitsch and Hermann Lang, dominated  international motorsport’s premier discipline. And in 1954,  Mercedes-Benz celebrated the return of the Silver Arrows  to Formula One™ with a one-two victory at the French

    FURTHER INFORMATION

    IWC Schaffhausen
    Branch of Richemont International SA 
    Uwe Liebminger
    Department Manager Public Relations
    Mobile +41 (0)79 957 72 52
    E-mail uwe.liebminger@iwc.com
    Internet www.iwc.com/press

    DOWNLOADS

    Illustrative material marking the launch of the new 2013 Ingenieur watch collection from IWC can be downloaded free of charge at www.photopress.ch/image/IWC/SIHH/2013
  • Brand  : IWC
    Collection  : Ingenieur
    Model  : Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil
    Reference  : IW378511
    Complement : Steel - Rubber Strap with Calfskin Inlay
    Year : 2013
    Is not commercialised any more
    List Price : 11 600 €
    Diameter : 45 mm
    Thickness : 14.5 mm
    Styles : Sporty
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : 89361
    Complication : 60-Minute Counter
    Small Seconds
    Stop second mechanism
    12-Hour Counter
    Flyback Chronograph
    Case material : Steel
    Case peculiarity : Engraved caseback
    Screwed-down caseback
    Screwed-down crown
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : 120 meters
    Dial color : Dark Brown
    Display : Luminescent hands
    Indexes : Arabic numerals
    Baton-type
    Glass : Sapphire
    Strap material : Rubber
    Calfskin
    Strap color : Dark Brown
    Strap clasp : Pin buckle
    More characteristics : MOVEMENT:
    Frequency: 28.800 A/h /4Hz
    Jewels: 38
    Power reserve: 68 h 
     
    BRACELET:
    black rubber strap with brown calfskin inlay