1951 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 85 Automatic, 18K Gold - Bombe (Bombay) Lugs Minerva Patent Applied for +114948 various

Patent Applied for +114948 various hand-engraved watchmaker's marks showing an extensive servicing history

and copper

President Jimmy Carter

It is fully Cartier and presents on the wrist in pleasing condition

Case markings (outside): Omega with emblem

1951 IWC Vintage Mens Full Size Watch, Cal. 85 Automatic, 18K Gold - Bombe (Bombay) Lugs Minerva Patent Applied for +114948 variousToday's offering showcases this very fine automatic IWC featured powered by the Albert Pellaton designed Caliber 85 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 it "one of the best automatic movements ever built in Switzerland." The famous watchmaker Donald de Carle, in his book