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Bringing back a classic Ingenieur - This caught my attention
From an interview published on aBlogtoWatch: www.ablogtowatch.com
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aBlogtoWatch : The other day my friend and colleague Zach Piña
posted one heck of an all-gold Ingenieur SL on his personal account and
we started chatting about it. He wanted me to ask you what, if any,
plans you have for the IWC Ingenieur’s foreseeable future.
Christian Knoop : Yeah, that’s a great-looking piece. The thing is that this look is so popular and so visible at the moment. For sure, we have thought about bringing the Ingenieur back, but this maybe is not the ideal point in time. This will appear like a kind of AP-copy to most of the people who are not that familiar with the history, and that even includes some of our customers who have been fans and connoisseurs of our other designs. We are watching this and we think about a historic Ingenieur a lot, but I don’t think it’s the right time to come up with something like this.
He says the look is popular now and yet it's not the right time to come up with something like this? What gives?
Photo: aBlogtoWatch
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Bringing back a classic Ingenieur - This caught my attention
From an interview published on aBlogtoWatch: www.ablogtowatch.com / aBlogtoWatch : The other day my friend and colleague Zach Piña posted one heck of an all-gold Ingenieur SL on his personal account and we started chatting about it. He wanted me ...
Agree completely...
Wearing my Royal Oak Chrono now and love the Ingenieur, but never cared for the Nautilus. This design is certainly different enough to stand on it's own.
You have a winner on your hands and you think now is not the right time??
Invest into a thin movement and bring those gorgeous pieces back, it is really a no brainer.
Everybody riding a wave of sport watches...
Czapek, ALS, GP, Chopard, H.Moser... and IWC who have rights to the original Genta design, where other two Gentas are sold for double/triple retail prices, thinks it is not a right time for Genta inspired Ingenieur... Would love to see drugs Richemont peo...
I don't mind a reissue of the no date 666...
Seriously though, if they're going to relaunch it, they need to consolidate their catalog, go with the tried and tested tribute approach with limited eds of the 666 and the "jumbo", then reimagine those 2 for the regular catalog. For sport, I quite like t...
I may be biased
I love this watch! So nice to see it having the recognition it has earned. ...
Not the right time???
Advertising is the way to explain the Ingenier's history. Saying it isn't the right time means NEVER!
?????
What kind of sense does that make, Hublot has copied the Royal Oak with success, his comments are bewildering??? Genta design stands alone in my opinion.
The DNA is magnetic !!!
Seems more and more posting about their favorite. I remain 1832 biased with great support from family and super friends who share the passion. This guy still wears the best and has at every angle the GENTA DNA. Love them. ...