{"product_id":"iwc-ingenieur-as04092","title":"IWC Ingenieur","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhat does a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003emanufacture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e get when it combines all of its military, scientific, and engineering knowledge into one watch? The IWC Ingenieur.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBut the Ingenieur's story really begins with the IWC Mark XI. As a navigator’s wristwatch, the Mark XI had to stand up to the magnetic interference posed by instruments in an airplane’s cockpit. Albert Pellaton, IWC’s master calibrist, achieved this by surrounding the movement in a soft iron cage. IWC then took the information gleaned from making the Mark XI, which was purpose-built according to stringent standards set by the British Ministry of Defense, and used it to produce a high-grade civilian timekeeper in the form of the Ingenieur.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhile this watch was to be less martial in spirit, it had to be no less anti-magnetic, or robust, due to the type of person whom IWC meant to wear it — scientists and engineers, whose work put them in close contact with equipment that emitted high levels of magnetism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis particular Ingenieur, a Reference 666AD, dates to circa the late 1950s-early 1960s and features a 36mm stainless steel case, a silver sunburst dial with a matching \u003cem\u003edauphine\u003c\/em\u003e handset, and a signed crown. Powered by the impressive Caliber 853 automatic movement with soft iron, anti-magnetic dust cover, this piece is wildly cool and purpose built.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDon’t pass up this opportunity to own one of the most important references from the Atomic Age!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IWC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39666523209815,"sku":"40970008","price":3285.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/products\/AS04092_40970008_IWC_INGENIEUR_666A-6.jpg?v=1730485533","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/iwc-ingenieur-as04092","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}