Three-time FIFA World Player of the Year Zinédine Zidane gets his second commemorative piece from IWC.  The first IWC Ingenieur for the now retired soccer superstar was issued in 2008 and limited to 1000 pieces.  This new 2010 IWC Zidane Big Ingenieur “refresh” is done with a dark brown dial / brown strap, and this time limited to 500 pieces.  According to IWC, Zidane was personally involved in the colour scheme and individualization of the Big Ingenieur dedicated to him.  Unfortunately it is difficult to fully perceive the brown hues of this watch from the media photos, but overall the IWC Ingenieur watch is a particular favorite watch of mine and it doesn’t look like you can go wrong with this one.

Big Ingenieur
Edition Zinédine Zidane
Ref. IW500508

Other design details of note on this watch are the red numerals “10″ (Zidane’s jersey number), “27″ and “45″.  27 and 45 stand for the minutes of play in which Zidane scored two of the more memorable goals of his career.  At the World Cup Final in 1998, which France won 3:0 against Brazil at the Stade de France in Paris, Zidane made sure of the half-time lead with two mighty headers in the 27th and 45th minutes and thus settled the final score:

World Cup Final 1998, France v. Brazil

Zidane’s 2 Headers

45.5mm case diameter (15mm thick), water resistance 120 meters, iwc caliber 51113

note “10″ medallion (Zidane’s jersey numer) engraved on the rotor

For me, the colors of this version are a bit more wearable than the the blue dial / blue strap combo used for the 2008 edition, but feel free to let me know what you think.  Also, for a closer look, a wrist shot of this watch, taken in Geneva at SIHH 2010 this past January, can be seen here (top right photo on page).   Price is approximately $15,000 US.

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