1959 IWC 'Calatrava' Steel Manual Cal. 89 Silver Dial 35mm
Here we have a curvaceous 1959 IWC 'Calatrava' Steel Manual Cal. 89 Silver Dial featuring a 35mm stainless steel round case that sits comfortably on your wrist, thanks to the curved drilled lugs. The curved flanks lead to a lug-to-lug length of 42mm and a case thickness of 9.5mm, and on the right side is a push/pull crown with a coin edge for grip. A thin, smooth, polished bezel holds a domed crystal above a striking silver ‘Calatrava’ dial, an outer ring of pips mark the minutes surrounding applied bullet-shaped indexes marking the hours, elegant slim Dauphine hands are complemented by a tapered second hand, at noon you find the original International Watch Company motif in its distinctive swirling script completes this incredibly sophisticated dress watch. On the reverse, a polished and brushed case back, inside a manually wound IWC Cal. 89, 17 jewels, beating at a leisurely 18,000 beats per hour, developed by Albert Pellaton in 1946 and remained in production until 1979. It comes paired with its well-suited aftermarket 18mm leather strap and pin buckle.
Here we have a curvaceous 1959 IWC 'Calatrava' Steel Manual Cal. 89 Silver Dial featuring a 35mm stainless steel round case that sits comfortably on your wrist, thanks to the curved drilled lugs. The curved flanks lead to a lug-to-lug length of 42mm and a case thickness of 9.5mm, and on the right side is a push/pull crown with a coin edge for grip. A thin, smooth, polished bezel holds a domed crystal above a striking silver ‘Calatrava’ dial, an outer ring of pips mark the minutes surrounding applied bullet-shaped indexes marking the hours, elegant slim Dauphine hands are complemented by a tapered second hand, at noon you find the original International Watch Company motif in its distinctive swirling script completes this incredibly sophisticated dress watch. On the reverse, a polished and brushed case back, inside a manually wound IWC Cal. 89, 17 jewels, beating at a leisurely 18,000 beats per hour, developed by Albert Pellaton in 1946 and remained in production until 1979. It comes paired with its well-suited aftermarket 18mm leather strap and pin buckle.
Description
Here we have a curvaceous 1959 IWC 'Calatrava' Steel Manual Cal. 89 Silver Dial featuring a 35mm stainless steel round case that sits comfortably on your wrist, thanks to the curved drilled lugs. The curved flanks lead to a lug-to-lug length of 42mm and a case thickness of 9.5mm, and on the right side is a push/pull crown with a coin edge for grip. A thin, smooth, polished bezel holds a domed crystal above a striking silver ‘Calatrava’ dial, an outer ring of pips mark the minutes surrounding applied bullet-shaped indexes marking the hours, elegant slim Dauphine hands are complemented by a tapered second hand, at noon you find the original International Watch Company motif in its distinctive swirling script completes this incredibly sophisticated dress watch. On the reverse, a polished and brushed case back, inside a manually wound IWC Cal. 89, 17 jewels, beating at a leisurely 18,000 beats per hour, developed by Albert Pellaton in 1946 and remained in production until 1979. It comes paired with its well-suited aftermarket 18mm leather strap and pin buckle.
