1962 IWC Vintage Mens Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - Stainless Steel

1962 IWC Vintage Mens Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - Stainless SteelThe very fine and meticulously restored automatic IWC showcased in today's offering is 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." And the famous watchmaker

Case condition: Presents as mint with very slight polishing and a tiny bit of aging under two of the lugs

Band: Rose gold filled

One of our Master Watchmakers who used to be the watchmaker for an authorized Rolex dealer and was given special training by Rolex at their Beverly Hills Service Center to be an authorized Rolex watchmaker and has done authorized service center repair work for Cartier

period Rolex factory service booklet

It features an iconic solid 18K gold tortue case

silver indexes topped with white

The two models made the cover of Heuers 1979 catalog

and it has light stretch

and inner movement holder

raised outer minutes/seconds track

800 faster beat balance system

Mercury Seven astronaut Deke Slayton