1960 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K Gold De Ville self-compensating flat balance-spring

self-compensating flat balance-spring

Unlike the majority of these 300m's that have quartz movements

The back has very light remnants of wear from the bracelet contacting it

Movement type: LeCoultre Cal

Crystal: Diamond faceted

1960 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K Gold De Ville self-compensating flat balance-springToday'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