1958 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K Gold Microrotor Automatics It snaps well and seals

It snaps well and seals tightly

The specifications for a Type 20 included an instantaneous flyback function

The dial has been perfectly custom refinished - the printing could pass as Omega factory done to the naked eye

Besides still retaining its original papers and original upgraded box

finely textured

1958 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K Gold Microrotor Automatics It snaps well and sealsToday'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