1961 IWC Vintage Mens Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K Gold Plated Jaeger strap in the same style

strap in the same style as the bands that often came on these Tanks and what appears to be a Cartier style buckle

Running extremely accurately

Dial: Black with painted luminous baton indexes

Movement type: Caliber 565

1961 IWC Vintage Mens Watch, Cal. 853 Automatic - 18K Gold Plated Jaeger strap in the same styleThe very fine and meticulously restored automatic IWC showcased in today's offering is powered by the Albert Pellaton designed Caliber 853 movement. Our photos couldn't do it justice! This mechanism's automatic winding system is a technical masterpiece, earning it high praise Gisbert Brunner and Christian Pfeiffer Belli in their work, Wristwatches Armbanduhren Montres bracelets, proclaimed it "one of the best automatic movements ever built in