1960 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K Gold

1960 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K GoldToday's offering showcases this very fine automatic IWC featured powered by the Albert Pellaton designed Caliber 853 movement. This mechanism's automatic winding system is a technical masterpiece, earning it high praise Gisbert Brunner and Christian Pfeiffer Belli in their work, Wristwatches Armbanduhren Montres bracelets, proclaimed it "one of the best automatic movements ever built in Switzerland." The famous watchmaker Donald de Carle, in his book

The movement is fully intact retaining the fragile hack lever and dial clamp often missing from these watches

making the whole watch essentially like new again and extending its lifetime by decades

The dial is rich royal blue - our photos couldn't do it justice

The case back retains its original factory applied satin finish

Please inquire if you would like it refinished with a different finish

It is otherwise untouched

It is running and keeping time

It is fully Omega down to the Omega waterproofing seal and in true expertly restored condition

applied 18K white baton gold indexes

in vintage times most brands

top Swiss firms needed a way to enhance the experiences of their now frequently traveling top clients and to help him better organize and govern his most precious possession - his time

Case inside: Movado U