IWC - International Watch Co – Fliegeruhr Chronograph in stainless

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IWC - International Watch Co – Fliegeruhr Chronograph in stainless steel

Round black dial IWC with white Arabic numerals for the hours and three sub dials, one at 6 o’clock for the hours, seconds at 9 o’clock and minutes at 12 o’clock. The window for the date and day (English) is at 3 o’clock with Schaffhausen below. The hour and minute hands are in stainless steel with “Losange” style and good luminous. The hand for the second sub dial is red. It is a screwed crown with IWC logo. It is a screwed back case in stainless steel with engraved “International Watch Company – Fliegeruhr – 3252358”. The watch has an automatic movement with caliber IWC 79320 and 31 jewels. The watch comes with a black alligator band and an IWC stainless steel buckle. The watch comes with an IWC box.

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

Automatic movement with caliber IWC 79320, 31 jewels, 28,800 A/h frequency and 44 hours of power reserve. It is a Valjoux 7750 based movement built to IWC specifications.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 42mmLength including lugs: 51mm

Price: Sold