IWC Caliber 88 18K Yellow Gold
Description
IWC Caliber 88, 18k yellow gold on a strap with and 18k yellow gold buckle, manual wind movement, centered sweep second hand, fancy lugs, silver dial with applied gold numerals and hour markers, diameter: 36mm, thickness: 9mm, circa 1960's. Excellent Condition with European Watch Co. box and 6-month warranty. This watch was just fully serviced.
Product price
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More about Caliber 88 18K Yellow Gold
This is a vintage c. 1960's 18k yellow gold IWC Caliber 88 Manual Wind. It has an alligator leather strap with an 18k yellow gold buckle, and an acrylic crystal. There is a pull out winding crown, and a snap-down solid case back engine-turned and stamped with hallmarks and the IWC emblem inside. The 36mm diameter solid two-body case, fancy splayed faceted teardrop lugs, and stepped angled bezel, are polished. The dial is silver with applied gold Arabic numerals on the even hours, applied faceted gold dart hour indices, and gold baton hands. It includes a silver recessed running small seconds subsidiary dial at the 6 o'clock position. The 9mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed. This IWC Caliber 88 manual wind has a mechanical manual winding IWC caliber 88 movement. It's rhodium plated with Cotes de Geneve embellishment, and it's constructed with 16 jewels, a monometallic screw balance with the adjustment screws on balance spokes, and a Breguet hairspring. It includes a straight lever escapement, an Incabloc anti-shock device, and an index regulator. The mechanism oscillates at a frequency of 18,000 vph (2.5 Hz).
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