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I just found this enamel dial in a IWC cal 64 movement from 1915. The dial has the same exact design as the dial in my cal 83 wristwatch, but without the IWC cursive script. The dial is 20 years older than the dial in my wristwatch and, apart the dirt, and the small chip at 10, still looks pretty good. The hands are probably original, and similar to the hands in the wristwatch. There is, no vestige of paint in the hour numbers, but the hands appear yo have been (poorly) repainted. Could this be the case of a dial design dial being used in different calibers, and 20 years apart?
Although I've not seen this exact dial and hands before, I have no reason to doubt their authenticity. Consider, for example, the watches shown in my article on IWC's earliest wristwatches (click here for article).
While those numbers and hands were "filled", the condition is as pristine as Clepsydra's example.
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Hi Michael, Thanks for reminding us of the link to that article. Those early IWC wristwatches were truly elegant. I also do not have doubts about the authenticity of the dial, and of the watch proper, and no reasons to suspect there was an attempt to tamper maliciously with any of its parts.
The hands are probably original, and similar to the hands in the wristwatch. There is, no vestige of paint in the hour numbers, but the hands appear yo have been (poorly) repainted.
Could this be the case of a dial design dial being used in different calibers, and 20 years apart?
clepsydra
ad fontes...
Last edited: 30 October, 2011 - 22:05
While those numbers and hands were "filled", the condition is as pristine as Clepsydra's example.
Regards, Michael
mfriedberg@iwcforum.com
Last edited: 5 April, 2012 - 19:53
Thanks for reminding us of the link to that article. Those early IWC wristwatches were truly elegant.
I also do not have doubts about the authenticity of the dial, and of the watch proper, and no reasons to suspect there was an attempt to tamper maliciously with any of its parts.
clepsydra
ad fontes...
Last edited: 30 October, 2011 - 22:05