Here is a IWC International watch company Schaffhausen chronometer wrist watch with a 17 jewel movement from the 1920's.
The movement has the serial number 696142 and is in good working order.
It is a 17 jewel white,rodium movement,cal.74-17.lig.H4.
It features a stainless steel case built to perfectly house the IWC movement.
It is glass both front and back.
The dial white enamel with black Arabic numbers and the hands are a typical whip and spade in blue steel.
It has a seconds dial at the six position.
It is singed with International Watch co Shaffhausen.
It has a leather strap but unsure if it is original.
This is worth £350-£450.
The IWC or International watch company was founded in 1868 by American watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones and has continued to operate ever since.
It is a very collectable type of watch and IWC watches can fetch a good price.
2 comments:
The movement here was made in 1918, and the watch is a so-called "marriage". That is, it was made as a pocket watch and someone --not IWC-- later made a case to convert it to a wristwatch. While some Calibre 74s were used in the late 1930s and '40s for "Portuguese" wristwatches by IWC, this one is not an original one nor 100% authentic.
Nice bit of insight there thankyou for that. Amazing you learn something new everyday.
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