1959 IWC Vintage Mens Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - Stainless Steel Leather Box/Papers: Complete set: IWC inner

Box/Papers: Complete set: IWC inner and outer box

The case does not appear to have even ever been polished

Featuring an officially certified automatic chronometer movement with a sleek stainless steel case and bracelet

Powering the watch is its original handwound mechanism

Its original dial is in excellent condition with only fairly mild aging

1959 IWC Vintage Mens Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - Stainless Steel Leather Box/Papers: Complete set: IWC innerThe very fine and meticulously restored automatic IWC showcased in today's offering 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." And the famous watchmaker