666

Very nice! The ref. 666 Ingenieur was my first 'good' watch (over 20 years ago), and I have had a soft spot for them (and the subsequent ref. 866) ever since.

Yours appears to be in excellent, unpolished condition. However, it would have originally been fitted with a 'fish' crown to denote high water resistance. It was common for IWC to replace those crowns with the type affixed to yours when servicing, as the original guarantees no longer applied.

Cheers,

Tony C.

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By: reintitan : March 29th, 2018-16:27

This just arrived today all the way from Paris. Ref 666 IWC Ingenieur from the mid to late 1950s. Back when the Ingenieur was made to resist high magnetic fields like the Rolex Milgauss and Omega Railmaster. This is an early model as the crown is unsigned...

666

By: Tony C. : March 29th, 2018-17:05

Very nice! The ref. 666 Ingenieur was my first 'good' watch (over 20 years ago), and I have had a soft spot for them (and the subsequent ref. 866) ever since. Yours appears to be in excellent, unpolished condition. However, it would have originally been f...

Thanks Tony

By: reintitan : March 29th, 2018-23:03

It wasn’t easy finding an unpolished no-date Ingenieur in good condition. I’ve heard both versions about the plain vs fish crown. I have yet to find anything definitive on the official IWC forum though.

crowns

By: Tony C. : March 30th, 2018-14:51

Anything is possible from that period, however, given that the 666 was a serious "tool" watch, I would have expected IWC to also trumpet its water resistance. Here are two early ads, one with the fish icon (presumably matching the one on the crown), and o...