IWC Ingy

[Viennawatch]

Has anyone recently ordered an IWC Ingeniur which is prone to scratches on the glass?

I have long stopped wearing this watch, but I am just curious if anyone has experienced this issue.

The INGY supposedly has sapphire and good AR out of the box, but its still got quite a few scratches in it. (Of course from my carelessness)

But I have been just as careless with my SUB rep, which supposedly has neither and still has no scratches...

I find this kind of odd... Obviously I am way past the date of being able to get a replacement, so I am may just replace it with a real ARed Sapphire glass.

I won't call out the dealer because I trust him and I have ordered pretty much all my watches from him and haven't had any bad luck, except that of my own (banging, dropping, etc... lol) But I think the IWC in this case with the supposed sapphire glass was bad luck.

Would be interesting to know your experiences.

Regards,

MArtin

[HauteHippie]

I may have a Ingy crystal with my AR on it lying around, if you wanted to do a swap + cash. It's for the original EL model, though. So I'd have to verify that it fits your watch first.

[Viennawatch]

Chief!

Thx for the offer, but I think I will leave it like this for now...

I need to take care of my Pam 183 and UPO for now!

Nevertheless, thx for the offer!

[PowerShot]

I have the same thing & was about to start a thread on it too!

Nasty scratches

Chief, do yours AR glass keep this nice blue tint?

Here a pictures of mine! (old pics, two more scratches are visible by now, thanks to dog friend of mine)

[Viennawatch]

Powershot!

I would say go for Chief's AR sapphire glass. Unlike the crappy glass we got with the IWC which seems to have been painted or something, his is the real deal!

[FxrAndy]

Chief AR general has no tint and in my opinion the best, (thats why i have pmed for this crystal as well)

[PowerShot]

Andy do yours gen ingy has any kind of tint on the glass?

[FxrAndy]

Yep it has a blue tint

gen, rep