1962 IWC Vintage Mens Watch, Cal. 8531 Automatic with Date - Stainless Steel Luxury Watch And its high-grade original handwound

And its high-grade original handwound Rolex movement is near pristine

Dial: Green vignette - emerald green in the center fading to black around the periphery

At just over 35mm in diameter it is full size for the era

This watch belongs squarely within that context

'60's Seamasters are great long-term buys as parts are readily available for their well-made movements

1962 IWC Vintage Mens Watch, Cal. 8531 Automatic with Date - Stainless Steel Luxury Watch And its high-grade original handwoundThe superior automatic IWC featured in today's offering is powered by the Albert Pellaton designed Caliber 8531 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