It seems like a lot of effort was put into wrist fit. Does the new Ingenieur Automatic 40 have a snug, proper fit for many wrist sizes?
CG-H: Absolutely. We produced multiple prototypes and design approaches to cover that aspect. The Ingenieur has always had “big shoulders,” and we didn’t want to change that impact.
The previous bracelet integration presented an extended connection tab that was technically part of the case. We changed that connection to become a center link on the bracelet and re-established side lugs. So now, even on slimmer wrists, you get a better visual sense of the integrated bracelet feeding into the case without a hard fall off the edge of the case.
We produced, I think, 16 versions of that new center link to get it just right. But that’s just one example of the processes we went through.
