The right dial for my Caliber 89

Hello,

A couple months ago I bought this Cal. 89 (2,025,xxx serial) in a flea market. I was very excited about the purchase, but when I arrived home, I realized the dial had been repainted and was quite sad. So, I put it in a drawer while I thought about what to do. Now I'm trying to bring it back to a fully original and correct condition.

As far as I know, the hands are original. I'm looking for spare dials for sale, but I haven't found one that came with the triangle straight lugs case. Any advice on where to look for one? How can I check if it is period-hands-case correct, besides looking for pictures of others?

Thank you very much.

Hi Guillem,

your watch i a reference 810. This model was quite common in the end of the 1960s. Searching IWC Ref. 810 on the web will bring some good results. The hands are correct. What leads you to the dial redone statement? The photo does not show enough details to judge.

What is „fishy“ ist the T Swiss T print below the 6 o‘clock marker. This indicates a tritium lumed dial, but i can‘t see any lume on the dial. As wellnas no lume on the hands. Lume on dial means also lumed  hands. From my point of view the dial is not in bad shape. 

The manually wound Ref. 810 normally contains the last refined iteration of Cal. 89. This is a heck of a movement, absolutely high quality. 

It shouldn‘t be impossible to find a dial. However the colour black is more rare.

br

Cromagnonman

The ref 810 manual was'nt common..which means the double baton quarters/applied IWC  c.89 dial wasnt common.

The t's dont indicate a redial ( even though this example is) it could have been copied from the original that was far eastern designated..making the hand kit original.

Would be easier replacing the 810 auto dial, the double baton was also synon with it but a seperate pattern was also used ( double chance). Dont think the manual had a large enough run for such an advantage (='s bit of an headache)

There are some Japanese characters engraved in the caseback, so even tho I bought it in Spain, I'm sure this watch came from the JDM, so it makes sense the original could have had the Tritium indication even tho the watch didn't have it.

The printing is quite bad, especially under a microscope:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Watchexchange/comments/151iedi/wts_vintage_iwc_ref_r810_manual_wind_cal_89/