Looking for advice on another IWC Ingenieur 666

Tony C. · Jul 16, 2021

There may well be no intent to deceive, but such a claim would minimally indicate naïveté.

As for the end pieces, you seem to be confusing them with the spring bars. The end pieces are incorrect (too short), as can be seen clearly in this image. Would any seller of an original 666 have conceivably employed such a crude solution?

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ConElPueblo · Jul 16, 2021

Sorry, to me that looks just like a regular expanding endlink made to fit watches with varying lug width (typically 16-20mm). The slimmer part extruding from the middle is the spring loaded part and I would have to be rather daft to confuse them with springbars.

Like this one:

We can definitely agree that it is a cheap solution that is not befitting a watch of this caliber - I have a solid gold DS which was bought with a similar bracelet from new, so I know it can happen. A Constellation I once owned came on a dealer fitted aftermarket solid gold bracelet as well.

Tony C.
naïveté

If they honestly believe it to be an IWC item, yes, that would be a very mild term 😀

S.H. · Jul 17, 2021

Tony C.
There may well be no intent to deceive, but such a claim would minimally indicate naïveté.

As for the end pieces, you seem to be confusing them with the spring bars. The end pieces are incorrect (too short), as can be seen clearly in this image. Would any seller of an original 666 have conceivably employed such a crude solution?

It is just a common spring loaded bracelet.

You have the collector bias: you think that the original owner cared at least as much as you (a collector that loves his watches) for the well being of his watch.

That is nice, but wrong in my experience. Back then a watch was a timing instrument not a collectible or a status symbol, most people would not care very much or notice. It is quite possible indeed that the orignal strap was replaced with an ill fitting bracelet 40 years ago or more.

Tony C. · Jul 17, 2021

S.H.
It is just a common spring loaded bracelet.

Yes, that would never have been fitted at the original point of sale.

S.H.
You have the collector bias: you think that the original owner cared at least as much as you (a collector that loves his watches) for the well being of his watch.

No, you are missing the point. I am simply pointing out that the bracelet is not original, and to represent it as such is wrong.

Looking for advice on another IWC Ingenieur 666

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