This Watch

Here is a fantastic, all original IWC dress watch from 1955. The beautifully aged fully original eggshell dial is the first thing you notice , with the full italic script and trademark schaffhausen - faceted bar hour markers with pointed tips, double at 12 o’clock. straight pencil hands and outer dot minute marks . 

The stainless steel 3 piece case is in super fine and unpolished condition with sharp angles and edges. A few marks as expected on a vintage piece but this watch has been very well cared for and seldom used. and 12 o’clock. The stainless steel case with the original crown and faceted angled lugs is in very fine condition, with just a few marks. The stainless steel case back is in fine condition with no engraving

The watch comes on a High quality brown vintage style 18mm strap 

Inside the watch, IWC’s superb caliber 89 movement as used in the 1952 military issue mk11.  Beating strongly and accurately for its age. The watch was fully serviced in Recently via our onsite workshop and comes with our standard 12 month warranty 

Extra Points

In 1867 Florentine applied for a European passport with the dream of creating watches using the American system of Watchmaking. This system was taken from the Federal Armories at Springfield and Harpers Ferry. Where armaments needed high precision interchangeable parts. This was perfect to use in watchmaking and Florentine was a pioneer in introducing it to the Swiss. In 1868 Florentine and Charles Kidder ended up in Schaffhausen Switzerland. Originally called the company F. A Jones & Co which was later changed to IWC International Watch Company. In 1876 Florentine returned to the USA where he retired and sadly passed away in 1916. The spirit which he spent a lifetime perfecting carries on today in the modern IWC watches.

This watch has been fully serviced in our on-site workshop and comes with our 12 month, non-waterproof service cover.

This is an incredibly elegant dress watch that is a rare find!  We were very excited to add this to our collection!  It is a little larger than most watches from this period, measuring 35mm, but it still looks great on male and female wrists. A real tried and tested in house Iwc caliber and a dial to die for!  A very well cared for watch in all original condition by a top watch manufacturer .

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