Wynn Magazine - Las Vegas
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ENGINEERED FOR MEN WHO BELIEVE IN TIME MACHINES. Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil. Ref. 3785: Not everyone gets the chance to sit in the driving seat of a Silver Arrow, but anyone who does will confirm that it's like being transported to another age. It has a wooden steering wheel, analogue instruments and bodywork made of gleaming aluminium – hence the name of the racing car that became a legend between the 1930s and 50s. Optically, the Chronograph Silver Arrow conforms to the same classic image. The black rubber strap with its brown calfskin inlay is reminiscent of the leather straps once used to secure the body work, while the dial features the same circular graining as the Silver Arrow's dashboard. When we come to the technology, however, the watch is at the cutting edge. The IWC-manufactured 89361 calibre with its efficient double-pawl winding powers not only the hour, minute and seconds hands on the dial, but also a totalizer at 12 o'clock, the date display and a small hacking seconds. What's more, it comes with an impressive 68-hour power reserve. Used with the central seconds hand, the tachymeter scale on the bezel enables the wearer to calculate his speed over a measured distance of 1,000 metres. Interestingly, the original Silver Arrow had just three displays: a rev counter and indicators for the oil and water temperature. Because regardless of the era, the one thing that counts when you get into a racing car is achieving the best time. IWC . ENGINEERED FOR MEN . WynnMag_IWC11239_EC3S.indd 1-2 W00311.indd 2 8/7/13 11:00 AM