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Vintage IWC found in secondhand shop

salokiN
Re: Vintage IWC found in secondhand shop

"Orient Emperor"


Apparently they hold records right back to their first watches.. For a fee I can get a full authenication paper.. Also, they can supply all the original hands, dial, crown, etc to bring it back to original.. All provided I send it to them via the authorised agent in my country.. They hold stocks for all their watches..


Very cool! This just gave IWC a huge advantage against their competitors in my books.
Stitches
Re: Vintage IWC found in secondhand shop
I like the croc strap best. And all that for $2... damn.
jake_16234
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736cc
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Good find.
snip3r
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Cheers. very nice vintage!!!!!!!!
iveraldas20
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Great find! Never had the chance to visit antique markets recently. I think i need to include that in my routine.
Orient Emperor
Re: Vintage IWC found in secondhand shop
Not one for the purists perhaps.. But I managed to get a crown for ref 803 from the same timeframe.. The catalogue photos seemed to have crowns that may have been the same..











Cheers
Den
Re: Vintage IWC found in secondhand shop
You got to be kidding me. Hahaha fantastic buy
atossg
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"Orient Emperor"

[quote="roo7"]


Wow they kept data dated 40 years. I'm amazed.





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Apparently they hold records right back to their first watches.. For a fee I can get a full authenication paper.. Also, they can supply all the original hands, dial, crown, etc to bring it back to original.. All provided I send it to them via the authorised agent in my country.. They hold stocks for all their watches..[/quote]

Did you go ahead with the "full" restoration?
Orient Emperor
Re: Vintage IWC found in secondhand shop

"atossg"

[quote="Orient Emperor"]


Apparently they hold records right back to their first watches.. For a fee I can get a full authenication paper.. Also, they can supply all the original hands, dial, crown, etc to bring it back to original.. All provided I send it to them via the authorised agent in my country.. They hold stocks for all their watches..


Did you go ahead with the "full" restoration?[/quote]

No, worked with my friendly watchmaker and kept watching online sites for the crown.. One day perhaps.. who knows..
loiidol
Re: Vintage IWC found in secondhand shop
Very well done! Nice job you did with the restoration too. Hope one day you will do a full restoration and show us the pics!