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Pocket watch from the prestigious "IWC" manufacture, circa 1908.
In 1868, Boston watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones founded the "International Watch Co." in Schaffausen. His plan was to combine state-of-the-art American manufacturing technologies with the craftsmanship for which Swiss watchmakers were famous. In Schaffhausen, he found the ideal conditions: modern factories, a hydroelectric power station pushed by the Rhine to run the machines and, just as importantly, a centuries-old watchmaking tradition. After a financial crisis, the company was taken over in 1880 by Johann Rauschenbach-Vogel, a mechanical industrialist from Schaffhausen, and transformed into a fully Swiss company. From that moment, the company remained in the family for four generations...
900 silver case in excellent condition.
Internal mark "Probus Scafusia". With the "Probus Scafusia" seal, the Swiss brand's uncompromising pursuit of precision and reliability received an official definition in 1903. The Latin motto, which can be translated as "Quality made in Schaffhausen", was coined by the director of IWC at the time, Johannes Rauschenbach-Schenk.
Cover engraved "International Watch Co, Half Chronometer".
Diameter 54mm.
White enamel dial with Arabic numerals. Original hands. Mineral glass. Signed "International Watch Co"
Golden movement caliber 57 H6.5 produced from 1904 to 1909, lever escapement.
Patent +31457 (crown and ratchet wheel with upper and lower parts held together by three screws each).
Good condition, it works well, recently serviced.
To see the video of the clock operation, click on the link below:
https://youtu.be/kuomj7-WiNw
Delivery in France included, by express courier.
Shipping throughout the European Union.
Payment: Bank transfer, paypal Ref: PF636IBNX8
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