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Amazing! and two a-mags :-0 Curious, are any of your IWC/PD divers, excepting the a-mag examples, "TITAN" or are they all steel?
Also cool that you have one of the watches on what I presume is the original IWC Velcro strap. As an aside, I wore a Tag Heuer Formula One on an aftermarket Velcro strap while I was a lifeguard and swim instructor many years ago and thought it a great alternative to the plastic strap that came with the watch... so where's all the Velcro gone these days?
Had I been smart (and rich, for a lifeguard anyway) I could have bought one of these instead of the Tag and had the Velcro included in the price ;-)
IWC Ingenieur 866 "Military" - almost a prototype (?). Anyway a nice example of a .....
...aviators' inspired watch! Many of us here are familiar with the IWC Ingenieur ref. 866, the second generation of IWC Ingenieurs. They are quite rare as the production run for 866 counted probably only some 2000 pieces in the time period between 1967 an...
Wow that is a mysterious beast. I didn't even know its existence.
Thanks for these informations, HSTE. So, does the story say that the AD in Angola was providing watches to the local army? Best, Nicolas
Thanks Nicolas. I actually do not know. I am sure IWC would know where the others....
....were delivered to. I can only judge on the two that I own and it is rather "interesting" that those two went to a place which probably was not a prime spot for significant IWC sales. None of all my many other IWCs were delivered to Angola. Cheers, HST...
Congratulation. It's a very nice and rare watch and a special piece in the history of the iwc.
I mean the 866 is a wonderful watch and I\'m very happy to get a "normal" version this year. Happy New Year Dean
Happy 2017 Dean and thanks for your feedback. Curious to get to...
....see your 866 once you have it in. Cheers, HSTE
"Very nice watch in my opinion." Understatement of the (admittedly young) year!
I love these old, purpose-built IWCs. Would love to assemble a collection including one these along with a selection of a few other pre-Richemont Marks and Aquatimers. I especially love the Porsche Design divers made for the German military, examples of w...
Only 50 a-magnetic Bunds ever produced, the one top left and the....
...one bottom left are such "AMAG" versions. Cheers, HSTE
Amazing! and two a-mags :-0 Curious, are any of your IWC/PD divers, excepting the a-mag examples, "TITAN" or are they all steel?
Also cool that you have one of the watches on what I presume is the original IWC Velcro strap. As an aside, I wore a Tag Heuer Formula One on an aftermarket Velcro strap while I was a lifeguard and swim instructor many years ago and thought it a great alt...
What a watch and what a story!
It seems your collection is limitless, HSTE And the Angolan back story is quite an intriguing aspect, too.
You have the pair?!
Fantastic, my friend! Me, I would be happy just having a 866... Best Blomman
Thanks my friend. I have to say the 866 are very nice, simple, harmonically ....
... proportionned vintage watches with top notch movements. I also had the blue sunburst dial version which I however just sold (YES, this is a novelty: I sold a watch!) Cheers, HSTE