New Iwc Ingenieur Amg - With Kevlar Sport Band

[AMK000]

Joshua and Andy now got the AMG with the kevlar sport band

Even though the rep look pretty good , there are some differences.

Face to Face comparison:

Differences founded so far (13/Dec/2006):

- Dial Numbers: Thinner on the the genuine

- Dial Inner Circle: Deeper an the genuine

- Red second's hand: Longer on the nenuine

- Date window: Square edge numbers vs round numbers ??? (not sure about this).

- Case: Titanium on the gen (sort of grey look) vs SS in rep (silver look)

- Crown: I believe this is OK

- Back: not compared yet.

Other potential faults:

- Waffle dial: There no AMG with waffle dial (waffle dial only on std IWC Ingenieur)

- White dial: No AMG on white dial. White dial is only on std Ingenieur and also mid size only.

- The AMG model is only produced as of pic shown below and in black only. Can come with rubber band or SS/titanim band dial

Some more pics and specs / tech data of the genuine IWC Ingenieur AMG

Technical data of the Genuine (taken from IWC site)

- Inner case: Soft iron for protection against magnetic fields

- Glass: sapphire, antireflective

- Crown: screwed

- Water-resistant: 12 bar (120 m)

- Case diameter: 42.5 mm

- Case height: 14.5 mm

- Weight: Ingenieur Automatic in titanium with titanium bracelet: 154 g

Ingenieur Automatic in titanium with soft strap: 109 g

- Automatic Pellaton winding system

- Power reserve of 44 hours when fully wound

- Date display with crown-activated rapid calendar advance

- Hour and minute hands

- Central seconds hand with stop function

- Screw-in crown

- Soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields of up to 80,000 A/m

- Integrated shock-absorbing system

- Sapphire glass antireflective on both sides

- Water-resistant to 120 m

- Screw-in back

"Technically identical with the standard Ingenieur Automatic, the Ingenieur Automatic AMG contains the same high-performance precision movement, designed to run indefatigably in everyday and extreme situations: manufactured, assembled and perfectly adjusted by engineers. Nevertheless, there are a number of points where the Ingenieur Automatic AMG differs from its sister model. The case is made of titanium, which makes it extremely light, comfortable to wear, exceedingly robust and very skin-friendly. At the same time, the choice of material is an acknowledgement of the austerity and discretion of the design. Titanium is therefore reserved exclusively for the Ingenieur AMG edition watches. But the dial, too, is unmistakably AMG: the design – reminiscent of an instrument panel – and the discerning use of bright red elements create an unmistakable yet eminently discreet connection to the sports car. An engraving on the back cover testifies to the partnership between Mercedes-AMG and IWC."

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Note: If any mistake found on the above comparison or an addition to it is required , pls let me know and I will amend the post.

Some more links on IWC Ing from RWG (even though these are mainly regarding the std IWC Ingenieur and not the AMG model):

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=15572

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=17271

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=16585

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=16646

Cheers,

AMK000

[sam_tgg]

Nice review!! Very interesting.

I hope they will send this strap alone. It would go great with my Ingy.

Ye, I know the gen Ingy, goes only with steel, but it is nice to change a bit.

Thank!!