Brand:
IWC
Model:
Vintage Classic
Year:
1950
Original Box:
Not Included
Original Papers:
Not Included
Warranty:
12 months
Overall Condition:
Very Good
Movement Type:
Manual winding
Case Material:
Yellow Gold
Case Diameter:
36 mm
Crystal:
Plexiglass
Bracelet Material:
Alligator skin
Clasp Type:
Buckle
This IWC from c. 1950 exemplifies the brand's postwar approach to the dress watch — understated, precisely proportioned, and built to last rather than to impress at a glance. The silvered dial, with its applied baton indexes and dauphine hands, carries nothing beyond the essentials: the IWC signature, a discreet minute track, and two hands to tell the time. Housed in 18k yellow gold, it likely runs on the calibre 89, a movement so well regarded within IWC's own history that variations of it remained in production for over two decades after its 1946 debut. This is a watch that rewards close attention rather than demanding it — the quiet confidence of a manufacture that never needed to shout.
The watch is delivered with all items shown in the photographs.