IWC Ingenieur Laureus Sport for Good - a few months on...

[watchman12345]

Here are my thoughts on the IWC Vintage Ingenieur Laureus Sport for Good Limited Edition after living with it for a few months.

The genuine article:

The fifth in the Laureus limited edition series, The Ingenieur Automatic Edition Laureus Sport For Good Foundation in a stainless steel automatic wristwatch with a dial in an unmistakable shade of blue and limited to 1000 pieces. The gen is powered by the IWC-manufactured 80111 calibre with the Pellaton winding system and an integrated shock absorption system.


The Rep:
This was first released on the 8th of December 2012 by the famous Noob factory. It features a sunburst blue dial like the original, along with a domed sapphire crystal and came in a choice of Asian ETA or Swiss Sellita SW2000 movements.

I went for the Asian ETA, which is I believe the well regarded seagul ST-2130 with pearlage decoration. This has performed well and is averaging +5s per day. The power reserve however appears shorter than 40hours but I have not checked it formally.

The overall build quality and feel of the rep is absolutely superb. The dial is beautiful, the crown and tube are solid with the threads on the inside as per the original, the caseback is almost flawless.


There are possibly a few areas for improvement, and these are very small.

1) The lume is poor, but this is apparently the case on the gen too.

2) The date-wheel is not 100% central on all dates. Some are better than others.
3) The crystal is not very domed. I am unsure if the gen is more so.
4) The rep strap is only adequate, but not terrible.

I think this watch is flying under the radar somewhat. It is incredibly high quality and accurate. For a first version they really nailed it. Looking at some gen pics, there may be slightly more volume to the lume dots, but it's minor... It looks like they pretty much nailed a difficult dial.

Gen Pic:
The lume dots look slightly thicker


The crystal does look a bit more domed here





Here are some more pics...it now sits on a watchboys gen gator strap.










Thanks for looking! I would highly recommend this watch.

Edited March 26, 2013 by watchman12345

[fitmic]

Looks really nice.

Thanks for posting!

[ceejay]

That's a lovely looking watch and as you say "flying under the radar" I think it mixes classic looks with some contemporary styling.

Whats the diameter of that little cracker?

 

Thanks for showing us.

[BigBrownBull]

Here's part of what I posted on another thread:

"The caseback has engravings from the Sports for Good Foundation. The gen seems to have a deep/dark engraving (first pic). The one from Puretime has a similar look (second pic). Mine seems to have a white-ish, almost printed engraving (third pic). Reached out to Mark who said the factory makes one quality for the Swiss version (450 bucks +). I've sent him Puretime's pics. This is the biggest tell on the one I got."

So... I'm still struggling to make sure whether there is a cheaper version caseback out there that is being sold as the noob version. I'll let you guys know what the dealer says as I've sent him pics to compare.

[senbazuru]

Here's part of what I posted on another thread:

"The caseback has engravings from the Sports for Good Foundation. The gen seems to have a deep/dark engraving (first pic). The one from Puretime has a similar look (second pic). Mine seems to have a white-ish, almost printed engraving (third pic). Reached out to Mark who said the factory makes one quality for the Swiss version (450 bucks +). I've sent him Puretime's pics. This is the biggest tell on the one I got."

So... I'm still struggling to make sure whether there is a cheaper version caseback out there that is being sold as the noob version. I'll let you guys know what the dealer says as I've sent him pics to compare.

 

 

 

Hi,

 

So what is the final conclusion? I have the same laureus V2 thing and this flaw is bugging me too.

by the way, is there a dial color difference between this rep and the gen?

 

Thanks!