DocThor 5 Posted May 13, 2016 (edited) Today I'm going to present you a rare bird...my franken IWC Ingenieur 3725-01/04 Hybrid Chronograph. The 3725 chrono seems to be not that popular at the rep fora...at least there is no introduction and not that much else to find around here and the other rep fora. So here are a little infos about the gen... Ingenieur Chronograph Ref. IW3725 Features Mechanical chronograph movement small second with stop device Movement Calibre: 79350 Vibrations: 28,800/h Jewels: 31 Power reserve: 44h Winding: automatic Case Material: stainless steel Inner case: soft iron for protection against magnetic fields Glass: sapphire, antireflective, resistant against pressure drop Crown: screwed Water-resistant: 12 bar (120 m) Diameter: 42.5 mm Height: 13.5 mm Weight Watch and bracelet in stainless steel 205 g A very informative article about the Ingenieur can be found here at purists.com http://www.p178host..../_inge2005.html Now back to my watch Only a few weeks ago I was able to buy this as a Noob version here from Ronin82 . The moment I saw her for sale I fell in love with her and had to get her. The bracelet was too short for me but I didn't care...if it wasn't possible to find a new bracelet or at least one or two links I still could buy a nice strap. While on the hunt for a link or a bracelet I stumbled over a gen 3725-04 dial in great condition...why not franken it I asked myself and within a heartbeat the dial was mine I already had a gen swiss 7750 to put into and the day the dial arrived I went to Domi to let him build my franken. And...lucky me...he had a gen link which perfectly fit to the noob bracelet That was Tuesday this week...yesterday he was done with my watches and so I picked her up. Once on the wrist he told me that he had a present for me but it's already on the watch... He had some older gen hands lying around that were initially for the 3725-04 Chrono but since I already had a 3725-04 dial on it he decided to put in on my watch The gen swiss 7750 is modified with Domis famous sec@6 mod and is as reliable as the gen 79350 now (which is in fact a modified 7750 ) Specs of my IWC Ingenieur Chrono: Gen 3725-04 dial Gen 3725-04 hands Gen swiss 7750 with Domis sec@6mod Noob case, crystal, cb and bracelet (except one gen link) Now on to the pics... Edited May 13, 2016 by DocThor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ronin82 9 Posted May 13, 2016 What a beauty!!! You get a wonderful franken!!! Cheers mate! Enviado desde mi iPhone con Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roivster 0 Posted May 13, 2016 This is a nice looking franken. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jasonbaylee 192 Posted May 13, 2016 Price? Did i miss that? More than 1 road to Rome... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DocThor 5 Posted May 13, 2016 Well...we are not within the sales area Jasonbaylee It's a not so cheap franken but worth every cent at least for me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simonbolivar 1 Posted May 13, 2016 Nice build... Rep dials can't come close to the detail on the gen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaiser 4 Posted May 13, 2016 Very nice, love that watch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DocThor 5 Posted May 13, 2016 Well...some rep dials are scary close to gen. But the 3725 dials aren't so there was no other option than a gen dial. This watch should be a keeper so I had to avoid anything that could start bothering me Sent from my wooden drums via Tupperware Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantomtech 4 Posted May 13, 2016 Wow, really amazing how everything fell into place! Usually by me everything goes wrong and nothing will fit anything else I would have had Domi apply some AR to the crystal... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DocThor 5 Posted May 13, 2016 (edited) ...sometimes one is lucky I'm way too impatient to wait for an AR job. For me it's good like it is Sent from my wooden drums via Tupperware Edited May 13, 2016 by DocThor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RepC 0 Posted September 4, 2016 Thanks for sharing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites