1960 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K Gold Leather Ski Case condition: Outside is in

Case condition: Outside is in honest original condition with small dings and moderate signs of wear

it is powered by one of the company's caliber K1001 movement

presents as just short of mint finish with fairly mild to moderate stretch

and the band has very little stretch

1960 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K Gold Leather Ski Case condition: Outside is inToday's offering showcases this very fine automatic IWC 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