Hi everyone. I am ready to put the trigger on a IWC quartz with a roman dial
but i dont't find any information about it. I think it is leggit (the cristal
may have been changed in the past because it is acrylic and a think that it
was
a sapphire cristal before), and iI think it is a post 80's model (because of
the movment).
Can someone confirm that and give me some informations about it?
Thank you for your help and sorry for my english, i am french (nobody is
perfect ;-) )
I believe this is legit. A pre Portofino model from the early eighties.
Couldn't find a ref number.
Thank you very much for your help. I have just pull the trigger on it.
I believe that it was initially a sapphire cristal instead of a plexi on it.
Do you think the same ? I am thinking to put a none reflective sapphire
cristal again with the help of my watchmaker to respect the history of the
watch.
ps : I did a little bit of research about the movement. I believe this is a
quartz caliber 602 produced by Jaeger Lecoultre in the begginning of the
eighties (the reverso quartz was equipped with the same caliber).
Thank you
Hi Caspian,
the inside of the caseback sould tell the reference and case number as well as
the material. It should be 18k gold. Dou you have a image of the case back?
About the crystal, a spaphire crystal can not easily be repaced by a plexi,
the fit is different.
br
Cromagnonman
Thanks. I don't have an image of the caseback yet. I am waiting for the
delivery of my watch. But
th
e seller
said that it was gold filled. The case back is stainless steel. To be
continued soon.....
Hello Caspian,
a goldfiled case sounds suspect to me. Please send a picture of the inside of
the caseback. That should shine a light on the situation.
br
Cromagnonman
HI. I receved
the watch today. No marks in the case back. No indication of
gold plating on the case wich is very light as the back case.
The case back is perfectly ajusted to the case. The mouvement is leggit
(impossible to copy that i think). The dial seems good to me.
Maybe it is a frankenwatch but a case adapted to the movement like that ?
Hi Caspian,
the case of your watch is not original from my point of view. All IWC
casebacks are coming with case numbers and reference numbers. So it looks like
that this is a franken watch that is assembled of an iwc movement, dial and
also an original movement spacer ring.
Dial, hands and movement seem to be original.
br
Cromagnonman
Just a small point which made me doubting: the gap between the "movement ring"
marked "metal" and the case, made me listening the ringing of some alarm
bells... Also IWC did not build gold filled watches in the 70s and 80's.
regards Ralph
Thanks. I sent it back yesterday and I will normally have a full refund. Thank
you every one who helped me. Have a good day
Bruno
