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thomasa8 Wrote:Can you tell us PW non educated guys more about this watch. I am assuming it is an IWC movement. ...
I looked too, and found a tiny IWC logo at the top right of the movement. I am not sure if IWC made the case, I read here somewhere that cases were outsourced in those days, but whether that is applicable to this particular watch I don't know. When once asking about the Urania wrist watches what made them IWC watches I got the answer like, that IWC assembled them and was responsible for overall quality control.
Kind regards, Paul
What you do may not be so important, but it is very important that you do it well. (my variation of a saying by Gandhi)
For others, I believe the Urania models have been discussed here previously, and an archives search should help. They are among the rarest of vintage IWC models, and were made by IWC for a dealer, Huber, in Munich. Roman's wristwatch is especially rare and coveted by many knowledgible vintage collectors. By the way, IWC didn't make any cases until about 30 years ago.
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Studying Roman's ww for his wife. Are my eyes playing tricks or is that an enamel dial and sadly with cracks starting from 11. Tony that is a nice pickup and in beautiful condition.
clepsydra
ad fontes...
MfG,
Roman
KM/WWW/Mk.11/666/3508/9239/322712/811/3531/5442/5448/PD etc.
Last edited: 22 April, 2012 - 14:02
It looks like it is in great condition too.
Well done.
Best regards
Mark
Best regards
Mark
Last edited: 16 April, 2013 - 00:36
I though of you when I bought it. :-)
clepsydra
ad fontes...
Sorry - got it in your subject title.
Andrew
andrew.thomas1@mac.com
Last edited: 22 April, 2012 - 19:21
I looked too, and found a tiny IWC logo at the top right of the movement. I am not sure if IWC made the case, I read here somewhere that cases were outsourced in those days, but whether that is applicable to this particular watch I don't know. When once asking about the Urania wrist watches what made them IWC watches I got the answer like, that IWC assembled them and was responsible for overall quality control.
Kind regards,
Paul
What you do may not be so important, but it is very important that you do it well. (my variation of a saying by Gandhi)
clepsydra
ad fontes...
For others, I believe the Urania models have been discussed here previously, and an archives search should help. They are among the rarest of vintage IWC models, and were made by IWC for a dealer, Huber, in Munich. Roman's wristwatch is especially rare and coveted by many knowledgible vintage collectors. By the way, IWC didn't make any cases until about 30 years ago.
Regards, Michael
mfriedberg@iwcforum.com
Kind regards,
Clemens
Last edited: 30 May, 2012 - 20:59
Tony that is a nice pickup and in beautiful condition.
Cheers Greg Chalk
Cvanwhite at aol dot com
Last edited: 21 February, 2013 - 13:47