1959 IWC Vintage Mens Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - Stainless Steel E. Howard & Co It gives the watch a

It gives the watch a panache not always found in other high grade pieces

This Cosmic 2000 ref

The length could be altered by a jeweler

good condition with fairly mild aging

Its case presents as gorgeous mint with only light aging hidden in the engine compartment

1959 IWC Vintage Mens Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - Stainless Steel E. Howard & Co It gives the watch aThe very fine and meticulously restored automatic IWC featured as the Watch of the Week is 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." IWC built the movement