Review IWC Ingenieur Chronograph Sports Edition “50th Anniversary of Mercedes-AMG”

IWC Ingenieur Chronograph Sports Edition “50th Anniversary of Mercedes-AMG” celebrates the performance sports car brand from Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG, as it turns 50 this year. The watch unveiled in its partner’s honor is a 44mm titanium-cased mechanical chronograph, made in-house at IWC Schaffhausen. In addition to offering a stopwatch function with hours, minutes and seconds, the self-winding caliber is surrounded by a soft-iron inner case that protects it against magnetic fields. This anti-magnetic inner case is a hallmark of IWC, which first unveiled the concept to the world in the 1930s for its pilot’s watches. More IWC replica watches.

The round case holds a crisp white dial with tachymeter scale and red accents. The IWC 89361 caliber with flyback chronograph function offers engineered precision and 68 hours of power reserve. A portion of the inner iron case, which is designed to resemble a brake disc, can be viewed via a sapphire caseback.

The back of the cage is engraved with the words “A Tribute to One Man, One Engine” - a saying intended to bring together the concepts of mechanical genius not just from Mercedes-AMG, but also from IWC. Just like the watch’s movement is made in-house in IWC’s workshops, so, too, are the engines of the Mercedes-AMGs, which are assembled in the brand’s manufacturing department by a single mechanic.