Luxury 44mm steel watch with very rare movement by International Watch Co / Schaffhausen, Q Quality, chronometre cal.73, serial number 894556, very good condition. WRISTWATCH, circa 1929.
;
;
CASE: steel
case (this watch conceived as a pocket
watch and then later transformed into a wrist watch) , new custom made,
fantastic, build specialy for this wonderful movement. Two glasses in
front of and at the back. Case in super condition.
DIAL: restored metal dial with arabic hours numerals. Signed: International Watch Co Schaffhausen. Blued steel hands.
MOVEMENT: original International Watch Co cal.73 , Q quality, manual winding, stripe decorated, wheel gold screw balance, gold chatoned , signed: IWC.serial number 894556…, dating the watch to 1929 as per company production records. This mechanism/model being a registered design by IWC.
Movement in good working condition, clean, great keep time.
SIZE : 44 mm(not counting the crown), 53 mm long(lugs to lugs).
BRAND: leather, 22 mm.
The watch is in a working order, condition good. All mechanisms are professionally serviceable new oiled and adjusted.
This beautiful, unusual wristwatch can serve as a perfect gift or
a valuable addition to anyone’s rare watch collection! Over time, the
price of this timepiece will only increase!
We check all our items old 80-100 years with different professional watchman before selling .
The items sold are definitely original but we can not guarantee 100%
authenticity for EVERY PART of secondhand items because these items are
not brand new.
So please read the description very carefully as we state which parts
are NEW & which are
ORIGINAL.
To clarify all my items are Vintage or Antique and as such should Not
be expected to be like a New or Quartz watch in any way whatsoever!
Please bear in mind that you are buying a used watch and it will require
service at some point in time.
We DO NOT sell any Replica/Fake watches.
History
A Few Facts About IWC’s History:
1868: How it all started
In 1868, an American by the name of Florentine Ariosto Jones made the brave decision to found a watch factory in Switzerland from where he planned to supply the USA with movements. Switzerland was a low-wage country back then and had a ready supply of skilled labour for the watchmaking industry (mainly manual work carried out by people working from their homes). In French-speaking Switzerland Jones met with fierce resistance because people feared for their jobs and the work they did at home.
In 1850 the town of Schaffhausen was in grave danger of missing the bus to the Industrial Age. It was at this stage that watch manufacturer and industrialist Johann Heinrich Moser stepped in and did the region a huge service. As a pioneer of “white coal”, he built Schaffhausen’s first hydroelectric plant and laid the cornerstone for future industrialization. He probably met F.A. Jones in Le Locle and showed a great interest in his plans. And so it was that the foundations were laid for the first and only watch manufacturers in north-eastern Switzerland: the INTERNATIONAL WATCH CO. in Schaffhausen.
1869: The eventful early years
“With the object of combining all the excellence of the American system of mechanism with the more skilful hand labor of the Swiss, we have established our Watch Factory at Schaffusen, Switzerland.”
F.A. Jones rented the first factory premises in an industrial building owned by J.H. Moser in Rheinstrasse. Very soon he had to rent further rooms in the “Oberhaus”, one of the oldest buildings in Schaffhausen. By 1874 plans were already being made for a new factory. A site was purchased from Moser’s hydroelectric company directly adjacent to the banks of the Rhine, the “Baumgarten”, as it was called. Schaffhausen architect G. Meyer won the order to design and build the factory and about a year later, in spring 1875, the construction work was completed. At that point 196 people were working in the 45-meter-long factory, which could accommodate up to 300 workplaces.The IWC story goes on.
1880: Beginning of the Rauschenbach era
Johann Rauschenbach-Vogel, Chief Executive Officer and a machine manufacturer from Schaffhausen, took over the INTERNATIONALE UHRENFABRIK on 17 February 1880. This change marked the beginning of the story of INTERNATIONAL WATCH CO., which would last almost one hundred years and four generations, a family-owned company that would be known under various names.
Only a year after the sale, Johannes Rauschenbach died. His son, Johannes Rauschenbach-Schenk, was 25 years old when he took over the UHRENFABRIK VON J. RAUSCHENBACH and ran it successfully until his own death on 2 March 1905.
Another significant role on the way to the company’s lasting success was played by Urs Haenggi from Nunningen in the canton of Solothurn. He had got to know the watch business in French-speaking Switzerland and France; in 1883 he joined IWC and stayed with the company for 52 years. He got factory operations up and running smoothly and acquired new customers. He was also responsible for warding off the danger of the factory passing into other hands “in the interest of the noble Rauschenbach family”.
Technician Johann Vogel from Wangen on the Aare in Solothurn likewise played an important role as technical director. He designed and developed IWC calibres until 1919.
1905: E.J.Homberger
After the death of J. Rauschenbach-Schenk in 1905, his wife, two daughters and their husbands, Ernst Jakob Homberger (director of G. Fischer AG in Schaffhausen) and Dr. Carl Gustav Jung (psychologist and psychiatrist), took over the watch factory as an open trading company by the name of the UHRENFABRIK VON J. RAUSCHENBACH’S ERBEN. E.J. Homberger was the only authorized signatory, Haenggi and Vogel were directors.
Following the death of his father-in-law, Ernst Jakob Homberger had a considerable influence on the Schaffhausen watchmaking company’s affairs and guided it through one of the most turbulent epochs in Europe’s history. Just before the world economic crisis, he took over as sole proprietor and renamed the company UHRENFABRIK VON ERNST HOMBERGER-RAUSCHENBACH, formerly INTERNATIONAL WATCH CO. His contribution was honoured in 1952, when he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of St. Gallen. He died in 1955, aged 85 years.
During the period just before and after the First World War, E.J. Homberger devoted himself to devising and setting up social institutions. He extended the living quarters for factory employees and established a fund for widows and orphans. In 1929, the name of the fund was changed to the J.Rauschenbach Foundation and in 1949 he founded the Watch Company Welfare Foundation.
1944: The mistaken bombing of IWC
On 1 April 1 1944, as a result of a fatal error, Schaffhausen was bombed by the American airforce. The watch factory was hit by a bomb which, fortunately, failed to detonate after crashing through the rafters. The flames from incendiaries exploding nearby penetrated the building through the broken windows but were extinguished by the company’s own fire brigade.
Payment
I accept the following forms of payment: PayPal.
Bank-to-bank transfers.For other payment method please ask before your bid.California State residents (and those with shipping addresses in California State) add 8,75% sales tax. Or You need to change adress. Before you pay please send me email.
Payment instructions will be sent you automatically after the auction ends.
Please inform us of your method of payment and make payment within 5 days.
& Handling
Item will be shipped to confirmed address .
Via International Air Mail. Delivery from Europe.
Cost: $35-$75 (Services EMS with tracking, delivery takes as a usual 3-14 business days)
Policy
I guarantee you complete satisfaction with all my items. If you receive an item you did not order or if an item you ordered is received damaged or defective, I will refund you the price you paid for it or replace it with identical one.
NO OTHER REASON FOR RETURNING EXCEPT THE ABOVE MENTIONED IS CONSIDERED!
The item should come to the my address within 30 days after you received it. After 30 days we will no longer be responsible and the item won’t be taken back! Item for returning must have the original tags and packing, otherwise it won’t be accepted.
This beautiful and fully restored men’s watch winds and sets smoothly while keeping accurate time.
Because
of the vintage nature of the watch I cannot guarantee its absolute time
keeping accuracy even if they are in good running condition and in some
rare occasions may require additional adjustment.
If You are not satisfied by Your purchase, please communicate with me, and we together it is obligatory to discuss and we shall resolve any created situation.
Warning buyers:
Before you bid: Please remember that your bid is a legally binding contract. If your are not sure what this means please read ‘s terms and conditions. Please thoroughly look through the photos; you buy what see on the photos. If you have please necessarily contact with me before bidding
Thank you for visiting my auction. I know most, if not all my buyers, are fellow collectors and enthusiasts, that’s why I strive to provide all my customers with thoughtful and pleasant service. Good luck, and happy bidding!!!
11.50
0.00