1962 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K Gold Stainless Steel/Solid fits a small wrist up

fits a small wrist up to approx

Despite the inherent difficulties associated with making rectangular cases impermeable

Dimensions: 36mm diameter

the future arrived early when Jaeger-LeCoultre shocked the world by introducing the world's first fully automatic wristwatch

1962 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K Gold Stainless Steel/Solid fits a small wrist upToday's offering showcases this very fine automatic IWC featured 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