1958 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K Gold Microrotor Automatics classic off-white dial with dark

classic off-white dial with dark blue Roman numerals

The specifications for a Type 20 included an instantaneous flyback function

classicism and creativity

Besides still retaining its original papers and original upgraded box

1958 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K Gold Microrotor Automatics classic off-white dial with darkToday'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