We have spoken about the Rolex Milgauss as a replica Omega 2223.80 watch rare and interesting piece.It was, as you may or may not know, designed to be anti-magnetic, meaning the movement's accuracy would not be affected by magnetic fields.Rolex was not the only company to produce such a specialized tool watch, IWC made one too.and they still do.It is called the Ingenieur, and we have found a great one for you.Vintage Ingenieurs are not that easy to find.The first reason for this is there just simply weren't that many made.
Those that were produced were sold to people that didn't work at a desk from 9-5, to put it one way.To put it another way, the Ingenieur was replica Omega 1112.10 watch designed for people with high exposure to a pot line in an aluminum plant, a high voltage laboratory, rotary converters at a chemical plant, and of course, an atomic reactor (all taken from IWC's official advertising brochure from 1955).We at Hodinkee, doing what we do so well, have found not only a vintage Ingenieur in excellent and all original condition, but one that is very rare and unusual.
Most of these watches had silver or gold metallic faces with matching hash markers.The one we have found for you has a black face with white numeric markers and a military at 12 o'clock.It only makes sense that IWC would make an Ingenieur with a military face, after all they had produced some of the most legendary war-time watches.The replica Omega Constellation Quadra 1846.87.31 watch Ingenieur was not a military watch though, and although IWC shopped the idea to a few armed forces (most notably the German Bundeswehr
