IWC – International Watch Co. – 210 – Cal C95 – SS – 46mm

Beautiful IWC stainless steel pocket watch with gray dial and baton marking each hour. At 6 o’clock comes the sub dial for the seconds. The watch comes with beautiful Dauphine hands. The crown is at 12 o’clock and protected with a handle. It is a Swiss model. Ultra-thin case with engraved inside “StayBrite Steel – IWC -1276210”. It is a manual winding movement with caliber C95 and 17 jewels. Very nice collectible timepiece.

History

The company was founded in 1841 by Florentine A. Jones in the small town of Rummey in the United States. When he turned 14, Jones moved to Boston to work with watchmakers and then move again in 1868 to Schaffhausen. His goal was to make cheap pocket watches for the US market using the industrial techniques. In 1869, he signed a lease with Johann Heinrich Moser where 2 years later the first pocket watches were produced. 1875 was the year of the first company bankruptcy followed by a second bankruptcy in 1879. Then the company is acquired by the Swiss industrial family Rauschenbach. In 1978, Instek AG bought the company. In 2000, the company is sold again to the Richemont group. Calibers of the brand are mythical as the “Jones”, “Mega” or “Pellaton”. IWC brand is particularly known in the world of aviation with the model “Mark 11”. IWC has also worked with “Porsche Design” and today IWC is particularly famous for this “Portuguese” model.

Technical details

Legendary manual winding caliber C95 (Ultra-thin movement) with 17 jewels and 18,000 A/h. It was produced mainly in the early to mid-20th century.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 46mm


Length including lugs: 46mm