Hi,
I've just gotten this piece yesterday. As i hear that alot of vintage iwc's dials are being refinished/ redialed. Also, missing is the 'swiss' marking on the bottom of the watch.
Chiming out to all experts. Please give me your honest comments about this piece.
Thank you
The same model was discussed earlier today, so you can compare it to yours
What a coincidence :o)
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That's a different dial I believe. I can't really tell the printing of the branding.
Appreciate that you could give me a straight up and honest answer.
Thanks
Anyone else?
I cannot tell for sure if your watch's dial
is refinished or not. (If it is refinished,
it's done quite well.)
But I suggest the following: See if you can
look at the sides ("walls") of the applied
markers. If you can see white paint on these
walls, that is an indication of a refinished
dial. If you can't see the paint, then that
is an indication (but not a guarentee) it
has not been refinished.
Regards,
-mmh.
To tell whether a dial is original or a refinished one requires often investigation with a loupe or even microscope. The only consideration against the originality of this dial is the lack of aging, staining and fading : this one looks very fresh. The watch movement is caliber 852, meaning that it is over 50 years old.
Refinished dials seldomly have such nice applied markers which have been mounted one by one by hand. Also the dots between the markers look original to me as well as the logo. The fact that " Swiss" or "T Swiss T" is missing does tell us nothing as these printings were not always present. Besides T ( Tritium) had not been generally introduced as luminous material. Last but not least. If the watch has been offered for service to an IWC authorised dealer or to Schaffhausen almost certainly the dial has been changed. Collectors considerations to keep everything original were no issue before 1990 and changing the dial and heavily polishing the case was a standard procedure to end up with a watch "as new".
Kind regards,
Adrian,
(alwaysiwc).