1958 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K Gold

1958 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

black Roman markers

a work day suit

It is fully Omega down to the waterproofing gasket and presents on the wrist as as mint

The watch showcased in this offering is one of the last Oysterdates made

Its untouched original dial is mint

President Lincoln's watch - made in January 1863 - resides in the collection of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian

Movement type: Jaeger-LeCoultre caliber P478

sporting or medical uses

It has never been polished and the lines are very crisp

Dimensions: 34mm wide (excluding crown)

original Audemars Piguet movement designed to maintain very accurate timekeeping even across a wide range of temperatures and positions

Our watchmaker has freshly cleaned and oiled the fine original handwound Omega movement