IWC IWC - IW3812-01 Ingenieur Chronograph Sport Edition “76th Members’ Meeting at Goodwood”
IWC IWC - IW3812-01 Ingenieur Chronograph Sport Edition “76th Members’ Meeting at Goodwood”
IWC IWC - IW3812-01 Ingenieur Chronograph Sport Edition “76th Members’ Meeting at Goodwood”
IWC IWC - IW3812-01 Ingenieur Chronograph Sport Edition “76th Members’ Meeting at Goodwood”
IWC IWC - IW3812-01 Ingenieur Chronograph Sport Edition “76th Members’ Meeting at Goodwood”
IWC

Ingenieur Chronograph Sport Edition “76th Members’ Meeting at Goodwood”

REF. IW3812-01

Case

MaterialTitanium
Diameter44 mm
ShapeRound
CrystalSapphire
Case backOpen
Water resistance120 m

Dial

ColourBlack
IndexesStick / Dot Hands: Stick
HandsStick

Movement

Caliber69380
Typeautomatic
Reserve46 h
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In Context

At 44 mm it is a large watch — well above this catalogue’s 40 mm median, and enough to dominate a narrow wrist. At 15.3 mm it is a tall case, and it will catch on a cuff. The case back is open, so the movement is visible without taking the watch apart, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 120 m is genuine swimming resistance — more than the shape of this watch suggests it would need.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 46 hours of reserve carries it overnight, but not through a weekend in a drawer. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

IW3812-01 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a black dial with a titanium case. It was a limited edition. Beyond the time it carries a chronograph.

Inside: Caliber 69380

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The 69380 is IWC's in-house chronograph with a day and date for the larger Pilot's Chronographs of 2019 onward. It sits in the 43 mm and 44.5 mm cases, including the Top Gun and Spitfire editions. It powers 22 watches in this library. It belongs to the 69000 family that replaced the Valjoux-based movements from 2016: a column wheel, a pawl-winding system related to the Pellaton mechanism, a 46-hour reserve at 28,800 vph and 33 jewels, at 30 mm across and 7.9 mm high, with the day and date at 3 o'clock. In the library it powers 21 [Pilot's Watch](/brands/iwc/pilot) references, the Top Gun chronographs in ceramic and Ceratanium at 44.5 mm, the Spitfire at 41 mm and the Chronograph 43, and one [Ingenieur](/brands/iwc/ingenieur). 10 are limited editions. The [69385](/calibers/iwc-69385) is the same movement in the 41 mm Pilot's Chronograph, the [69375](/calibers/iwc-69375) its Ingenieur version, and the [79320](/calibers/iwc-79320) the Valjoux 7750 it replaced.

21 other watches in the library run the IWC 69380.

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