Ingenieur Alarm Chronograph MechaQuartz IWC Cal. 633 (JLC Cal. 633)

How to safely open this Back?
Well, I am not sure, I expected it to be a piece of cake with my
Bergeon
5700 opener. But there was a problem, the
Alarm crown on one side and the big pushers on the other side. I did not feel
like removing that integrated bracelet, since a slight push with a link bar tool
revealed, that pin that connects the bracelet to the case and was really sunk
firmly. But I guess to really safely open this watch, the bracelet should be
removed. Maybe the link pin at the end link could be pushed out, but I tried
another option first.
I put the watch onto my
watch case holder (left bottom on linked page), fixed that one into a vice and then I used
the
JAXA universal watch case opener with three square bits. The watch opened
easily, luckily IWC does not seem to tell their robots to cram watch backs on
with brute force. It is quite interesting, the more expensive the watches, the
easier they are to work with. Nice tolerances and reasonable torques are
probably an often overlooked aspect of a more expensive watch.