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IWC SchaffhausenIngenieur Automatic 42IW338903
IWC Schaffhausen Ingenieur Automatic 42
RolexSky‑Dweller336934
Rolex Sky-Dweller
ZenithPilot Big Date Flyback49.4000.3652/21
Zenith Pilot Big Date Flyback

General

Collection (differs)
Ingenieur
Sky-Dweller
Pilot
Status
In production
In production
Not known
Introduced (differs)
2025
2023
2023
Retail price
US$22,700
€17,400
Not known

Case

Shape
Round
Round
Round
Diameter (differs)
42 mm
42 mm
42.5 mm
Thickness (differs)
11.5 mm
14.1 mm
Not known
Lug width (differs)
14 mm
22 mm
Not known
Material (differs)
Ceramic
Rolesor (steel and gold)
Ceramic
Bezel
Not known
Bidirectional rotating
Not known
Caseback (differs)
Display (sapphire)
Screw-down
Display (sapphire)
Crystal (differs)
Sapphire, Domed, Anti-reflective on both sides
Sapphire
Sapphire
Cyclops
Not known
Yes
Not known
Crown
Not known
Screw-down
Not known
Water resistance
100 m
100 m
100 m

Movement

Type
Automatic
Automatic
Automatic
Origin
Not known
In-house
Not known
Power reserve (differs)
60 h
80 h
60 h
Frequency (differs)
28,800 vph (4 Hz)
28,800 vph (4 Hz)
36,000 vph (5 Hz)
Jewels (differs)
22
40
35
Certification
Not known
Superlative Chronometer
Not known
Functions (differs)
  • Central hacking seconds
  • Date display
  • Centre hour, minute and seconds hands
  • 24-hour display on off-centre disc
  • Second time zone
  • Instantaneous annual calendar at 3 o'clock and rapid-setting of the date
  • Month display via 12 apertures around the circumference of the dial
  • Stop-seconds for precise time setting
  • Big date
  • Chronograph
  • Column wheel
  • Flyback
  • Hours
  • Minutes
  • Small seconds
Complications (differs)
  • Central seconds
  • Date
  • Hacking (stop) seconds
  • Annual calendar
  • Central seconds
  • Date
  • GMT / second time zone
  • Hacking (stop) seconds
  • Month
  • Big date
  • Chronograph
  • Flyback chronograph
  • Small seconds

Dial

Colour (differs)
Black
Bright blue
Black
Material
Not known
Brass
Not known
Pattern (differs)
Guilloché
Sunburst
Not known
Indices (differs)
Mixed
Baton
Arabic numerals
Hands (differs)
Baton
Baton
Alpha
Lume
Not known
Chromalight
Not known

Bracelet

Type
Metal bracelet
Metal bracelet
Not known
Name
Not known
Oyster
Not known
Material (differs)
Ceramic
Oystersteel
Not known
Clasp
Not known
Folding clasp
Not known