Steel and Gold
Ingenieur 500,000 A/m 3508 — Steel and Gold
Undated
Gold bezel and steel-and-gold bracelet, circa 1990.
About 3,000 pieces; some sources say about 1,500.
Identifying details
Variants of 3508
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| Steel | Undated |
| Steel and GoldCurrent | Undated |
Case & movement
- Reference
- 3508
- Production
- Undated
- Case material
- Two-tone
- Case diameter
- 34 mm
- Water resistance
- 120 m
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Date
- Yes
More specifications (1)
- Caliber
Movement
IWC 37590
Inherently antimagnetic ETA 2892-based calibre with a niobium-zirconium balance spring, amagnetic pallet fork and ruby roller rotor bearings; survived 3,900,000 A/m in a tomograph without a Faraday cage. So few balance springs passed testing that production stopped.
Automatic · Introduced 1989 · 21 jewels