69375

About the IWC 69375

The 69000 calibers were designed in 2016 to replace the Valjoux-based chronographs at the entry to IWC's range. A column wheel controls the chronograph, a bidirectional pawl-winding system related to the Pellaton mechanism winds the barrel, and the reserve is 46 hours at 28,800 vph with 36 jewels and a 30 mm diameter. The 69375 has a date and a 6-9-12 counter layout; the 69370 of 2016 is its immediate predecessor, and the 69380, 69385 and 69355 are the versions for the Pilot's Chronograph and the Portugieser.

Every reference here is an Ingenieur Chronograph, the ref 3808 of 2017 in a 42.3 mm case drawn from the 1955 Ingenieur, 94 in all. Two are limited editions.

The 79320 is the Valjoux 7750-based chronograph the family replaced, and the 89361 the larger in-house flyback above it.