1959 IWC Vintage Mens Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - Stainless Steel E. Howard & Co Its case presents as gorgeous

Its case presents as gorgeous mint with only light aging hidden in the engine compartment

It gives the watch a panache not always found in other high grade pieces

We have generally found all of these examples to circa date to 1961

Its dial has been meticulously custom refinished in a deep lavendar hue - the printing could pass as Omega factory done to the naked eye

finely decorated dial with texturing in the center and framing of the center and subsidiary dial

1959 IWC Vintage Mens Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - Stainless Steel E. Howard & Co Its case presents as gorgeousThe very fine and meticulously restored automatic IWC featured as the Watch of the Week is is 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." IWC built the movement