IWC · Ingenieur
Bespoke strap for IWC Ingenieur
Casati Milano builds straps, built together, for the IWC Ingenieur, from the 666 with classic lugs to today's integrated bracelets, in the atelier at Via XX Settembre in Milan or by video call wherever you are: the size read from the archive for your reference, the leather chosen together, four or five weeks of work, care for the first eighteen months included.
- By appointment only
- In the atelier in Milan or by video call
- Four to five weeks
- Eighteen months of care
Lug width
Your IWC Ingenieur with the leathers of the atelier
Matte Louisiana alligator leather
Anthracite
1 / 32
Real photographs of the atelier’s leathers. No generated images.
The size
We do not ask you. The atelier's archive knows the Ingenieur references one by one; from the reference, the case follows. The watch stays on your wrist.
What changes for the strap
The lug width is not that of a spring bar: it is taken on your watch, in the atelier or from the photograph.
The leather
Alligator, box calf, suede, shell cordovan: the leather is chosen together, in the atelier or by video call. Where it enters the case, the strap is as thin as the piece it replaces; at the wrist, it returns to its thickness. The calf lining, the edges painted in several layers, the hand stitching in saddle stitch.
The time
Four, five weeks from confirmation. In the atelier in Via XX Settembre or by video call, wherever you are. Care for the first eighteen months is included.
The next step
The right strap is not chosen. It is built together.
In the atelier in Via XX Settembre or by video call, wherever you are.
Request an appointment →Casati Milano · Via XX Settembre 15, Milan · by appointment only
Six generations
The Ingenieur was born in 1955 with reference 666, automatic calibre 852 and a soft iron cage against magnetic fields. In 1976 Gérald Genta redesigned it: the Ingenieur SL, reference 1832, with the bracelet integrated into the case. Since 2023 the Ingenieur Automatic 40 returns to that design.
The 666, classic lugs
From 1955 to 1967 the 666 had a case of 36.5 millimetres and automatic calibre 852, or 8521 with the date; the lugs are classic, for the strap or the bracelet.
The SL 1832 by Gérald Genta
In 1976 Gérald Genta designed the Ingenieur SL, reference 1832: a case of 40 millimetres, calibre 8541ES and a bracelet integrated into the case.
The 3227 of 2005
In 2005, the Ingenieur returns with Genta’s design in the 3227: manufacture calibre 80110 and a steel bracelet integrated into the case.
The 3239 of 2013
In 2013, the 3239 takes up the lines of Genta’s SL: calibre 30110 and a bracelet integrated into the case.
The 3570 of 2017, lugs once again
In 2017, the 3570 returns to the case of the Ingenieur models that preceded the SL: 40 millimetres and classic lugs, with a steel bracelet on the IW357002.
The Ingenieur Automatic 40, since 2023
Since 2023 the Ingenieur Automatic 40 returns to Genta's design: a 40-millimetre case, calibre 32111 and an integrated bracelet with H-links and butterfly clasp.