1962 IWC Vintage Mens Automatic Watch, Cal. 853 - Stainless Steel Hamilton and chronograph hands

and chronograph hands

Only fairly light signs of previous polishing

Powering the watch is its Cartier quartz movement which never needs to be wound

The Ellipse was one of Cartier's classic and distinctive designs introduced circa the late 1960's and made in various forms up until around the turn of the millennium

And aviation in 1939 was a rough frontier

1962 IWC Vintage Mens Automatic Watch, Cal. 853 - Stainless Steel Hamilton and chronograph handsThe superior automatic IWC featured in today's offering is 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 the 8531 "one of the best automatic movements ever built in Switzerland." And the famous watchmaker Donald de Carle, in his