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Hello, Could someone please help me to identify the following vintage IWC which was lying in a drawer since many years. Diameter is 33mm (bezel) - a bit smaller than my BP :) Thank you very much, Christian
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OK, I'll give it a shot. It could have a cal 60 or 61 inside, depending if it is INCABLOC or not. Cal 60 and 61 were manufactured between 1938 and 1947 but the dial design appears to be of a somewhat later stile and design. It would help having the case and movement numbers.
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Now, having said the above, a cal 89, or a cal 85x can't be excluded, especially if the diameter is larger than the stated 33mm. Case and movement number and picture would help a lot.
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To my very, very humble perception, the watch looks really weird. The crown is later, I don't think the watch was born with that bracelet (kind of bonklip but it's not). The dial is a complete mistery to me, it looks brand new! Ok, maybe being closed inside a drawer for a long time might have helped but still leaves me some doubts.
More than this, the particular round insert pad gives an aesthetical nonsense to the overall look of the dial, it seems to me like as if it was added to hide part of the dial (maybe) in worse conditions.
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8541 Wrote:
Could you post some Photos of the crown (I assume the case back is stainless, and carries no markings)
Thank you everybody for the comments. The case back is in effect plain stainless with no engraving and the crown has been changed. So I fear that a photo of the latest won't help. I'll try to make a picture of the caliber today. As for the bracelet, it is an old Filoflex that doesn't make justice to the watch. Cheers, Christian
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I was reluctant to talk about the dial in any depth before knowing the date in which the watch was produced. IWC has manufactured watches with cloisonné and guilloché dials for which there is no published record, only a couple of internal documents that appear to have survive the shredder. The image shows examples of 2 cloisonné dials and one argentée guilloché. Perhaps the watch in question has an yet unidentified guilloché dial. If that is the case, it is a very interesting find, irrespective of the aesthetics. The search continues, as the cellar would say.
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I went this morning to a watch-maker in Geneva who politely refused to open the watch in order to discover the caliber. I will have to wait some days now. I keep you informed and thank you again, Cheers, C.
Could someone please help me to identify the following vintage IWC which was lying in a drawer since many years.
Diameter is 33mm (bezel) - a bit smaller than my BP :)
Thank you very much,
Christian
Last edited: 8 November, 2012 - 12:49
Could you post some Photos of the crown (I assume the case back is stainless, and carries no markings)
Must say, that's some different dial - I like it!
Best regards
Mark
Best regards
Mark
Last edited: 16 April, 2013 - 00:36
Could you post some Photos of the crown (I assume the case back is stainless, and carries no markings)
Must say, that's some different dial - I like it!
Best regards
Mark
Best regards
Mark
Last edited: 16 April, 2013 - 00:36
It would help having the case and movement numbers.
clepsydra
ad fontes...
Last edited: 30 October, 2011 - 22:05
Case and movement number and picture would help a lot.
clepsydra
ad fontes...
Last edited: 30 October, 2011 - 22:05
More than this, the particular round insert pad gives an aesthetical nonsense to the overall look of the dial, it seems to me like as if it was added to hide part of the dial (maybe) in worse conditions.
But this is just my humble opinion.
Regards,
Roberto
Last edited: 11 January, 2013 - 11:07
Thank you everybody for the comments. The case back is in effect plain stainless with no engraving and the crown has been changed. So I fear that a photo of the latest won't help. I'll try to make a picture of the caliber today. As for the bracelet, it is an old Filoflex that doesn't make justice to the watch.
Cheers,
Christian
Perhaps the watch in question has an yet unidentified guilloché dial. If that is the case, it is a very interesting find, irrespective of the aesthetics.
The search continues, as the cellar would say.
clepsydra
ad fontes...
Last edited: 30 October, 2011 - 22:05
I keep you informed and thank you again,
Cheers,
C.