IWC Ingenieur

Nice one RJ! Integrated bracelets have also for me a special appeal. Perhaps it is because they bring unity in the design or perhaps it is because all the integrated bracelets that I’ve tried so far (AP RO, Rolex OQ’s) are really of remarkable quality and very comfortable on the wrist. Personally I dont even miss not having the option of wearing them on a strap, that in the past this has been my main concern about integrated bracelets.

Hmmm, as you know I ow one as well since November 2005.

I just had to sent it back to the repair department of Richemont in The Netherlands last friday. It sounded like the rotor had come loose; the watch had fully stopped and there was a terrible grinding noise inside it.

Not the thing you want to hear from a 6 grand watch. The fact that they sell so low in price on the second hand market doen’t mean anything positive to me, and most probably has a good reason. Mine wasn’t the first to go down. Unfortunately I’ve heard several similar stories form other owners. I never saw a Rolex or Patek Philippe at half the price when they were one year old…

However, I must agree that when my watch was functioning fine it was hard to take it off. I used it quite a lot, and in quite harsch conditions (bar tender work) as well.

I hope to get it back soon, and I’m sure I going to wear it quite often again as well. It’s the kind of watch which you wear if you don’t have inspiration to wear anything else or anything more difficult.

Cheers,

Gerard

ps. My new steel-and-gold GMT-II on brown croco leather strap is so beautiful, you sure have to see it 😉