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Vintage IWC (?) watch - what is genuine in it?

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  • last reply by AVDM 15 Mar 2018
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    Mr. Gabriel Marius Danetiu
    Apprentice 3 posts
    8 Mar 2018, 8:31 a.m. 8 Mar 2018, 8:31 a.m.
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    Hello everybody, 
    My mother gave me this watch, wery old, it comes from the family. It is strange, based on the movement serial No. (387783 -  what a symmetry ?!) it would be a cal. 53 dated 1907 (pocket watch movement), but the case diameter is only about 32 mm. Also, neither the case is IWC marked, nor the crown. Please, can someone tell me whether this is a genuine IWC or just an old fake? 
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    Mr. Gabriel Marius Danetiu
    Apprentice 3 posts
    14 Mar 2018, 12:10 p.m. 14 Mar 2018, 12:10 p.m.
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    No opinion on that? Please, I would much appreciate any info from people on this forum, I'm not at all an expert and I have to decide whether to invest or not in this watch. Thank you. 

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    Mark Fleminger
    Master 3201 posts
    14 Mar 2018, 12:38 p.m. 14 Mar 2018, 12:38 p.m.
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    Don’t invest

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    Mr. Gabriel Marius Danetiu
    Apprentice 3 posts
    15 Mar 2018, 5:57 a.m. 15 Mar 2018, 5:57 a.m.
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    Mark Fleminger has written:

    Don’t invest
    Ok, thank you.

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    Mr. Tonny Berteloot
    Moderator 3578 posts
    15 Mar 2018, 4:08 p.m. 15 Mar 2018, 4:08 p.m.
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    I am afraid nothing real IWC on this one.

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    ADRIAN van der Meijden
    Master 2662 posts
    15 Mar 2018, 8:57 p.m. 15 Mar 2018, 8:57 p.m.
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    Tonny B is right : nothing from IWC.
    The movement nr. 387786 refers to cal. 53 in the IWC ledger , made in 1907.
    This movement has nothing to do with cal. 53 and in 1907 IWC did not make a wrist watch with a cal. 53. The first wrist watch had cal. 64.
    Regards,
    Adrian,
    (alwaysiwc).

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