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IWC Ingenieur
Worn by: Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes
Reference: IWC Ingenieur
Brand: IWC
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The timepiece worn by Sonny Hayes is a bespoke reinterpretation of IWC’s 1970s Ingenieur SL Ref 1832, the Gerald Genta–designed “Jumbo” whose industrial geometry once symbolized the union of art and engineering. For the film, the original form was reimagined with a green grid-pattern dial — a nod to the Formula 1 starting grid and Hayes’s personal racing color — and a thinner, sleeker case built for on-camera realism. The result is an artifact of discipline and nostalgia: a tool born from the analog past, repurposed for a digital, data-driven sport. When Pitt’s veteran driver glances at it before rejoining the race, the moment carries quiet gravity. The watch does not measure time so much as the endurance of those who live inside it.
