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Is this an IWC?

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  • last reply by AVDM 23 Apr 2018
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    Ms. Laura Waters
    Apprentice 4 posts
    8 Apr 2018, 6:43 a.m. 8 Apr 2018, 6:43 a.m.
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    /site_media/ckeditor_images/cec55497299af2653560db514c406dcb.jpegWatch from my grandmother. Wondering whether it is an IWC based on what I have read online. Would love to solve the mystery. 

    Thanks 

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    Mr. Tonny Berteloot
    Moderator 3578 posts
    8 Apr 2018, 10:14 a.m. 8 Apr 2018, 10:14 a.m.
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    Hello Laura
    could be an IWC, to be sure, we should see the inside.

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    Mark Fleminger
    Master 3201 posts
    8 Apr 2018, 10:17 p.m. 8 Apr 2018, 10:17 p.m.
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    That is a gorgeous vintage ladies watch all the same  

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    Ms. Laura Waters
    Apprentice 4 posts
    9 Apr 2018, 1:04 p.m. 9 Apr 2018, 1:04 p.m.
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    Quoted message:

    /site_media/ckeditor_images/4e959080025be2ddf4252ffc5da89505.jpegTonny BertelootHello Laura
    could be an IWC, to be sure, we should see the inside.

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    Ms. Laura Waters
    Apprentice 4 posts
    9 Apr 2018, 1:06 p.m. 9 Apr 2018, 1:06 p.m.
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    It’s so small & dainty I was nervous to open it. The inside still moves beautifully. Thanks for the help so far

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    Greg Steer
    Master 2688 posts
    11 Apr 2018, 12:14 p.m. 11 Apr 2018, 12:14 p.m.
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    Hi Laura,

    Sorry the watch is not an IWC, the movement appears to be a Rotary Calibre 450 as depicted in La Classification Horlogere 1939

    www.gregsteer.net/Watches/W_Images/Rotary_450.jpg

    And a comparision

    www.gregsteer.net/Watches/W_Images/Rotary_450_Compare.jpg

    Stauffer, who owned the Peerless trademark were no longer the IWC distributors for the UK sometime before 1936 as shown in this cover of "Watch and Clock Maker" - September 1936

    www.gregsteer.net/IWC/I_Images/W&CM_Sept_1936.jpg

    Note the Stauffer advertisment at the top and the Edwin Harrop/IWC advertisment further down to the left.

    A very nice watch to keep in the family.

    Hope this helps.

    Cheers from the cellar

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    Ms. Laura Waters
    Apprentice 4 posts
    22 Apr 2018, 3:22 a.m. 22 Apr 2018, 3:22 a.m.
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    Thanks so much for solving the mystery!!! I really appreciate it. I think I need to invest in a IWC now though after reading through the posts. Thanks IWC community has written:

    Hi Laura,

    Sorry the watch is not an IWC, the movement appears to be a Rotary Calibre 450 as depicted in La Classification Horlogere 1939

    www.gregsteer.net/Watches/W_Images/Rotary_450.jpg

    And a comparision

    www.gregsteer.net/Watches/W_Images/Rotary_450_Compare.jpg

    Stauffer, who owned the Peerless trademark were no longer the IWC distributors for the UK sometime before 1936 as shown in this cover of "Watch and Clock Maker" - September 1936

    www.gregsteer.net/IWC/I_Images/W&CM_Sept_1936.jpg

    Note the Stauffer advertisment at the top and the Edwin Harrop/IWC advertisment further down to the left.

    A very nice watch to keep in the family.

    Hope this helps.

    Cheers from the cellar

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    ADRIAN van der Meijden
    Master 2662 posts
    23 Apr 2018, 9:31 p.m. 23 Apr 2018, 9:31 p.m.
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    I wish we had more of these expert views as stated by Greg Steer!
    Cheers to the cellar,
    Adrian,
    (alwaysiwc).

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