Seeing the posts on vintage Deco style watches earlier today had me rummaging through my collection and I took a couple quick snaps that some might find interesting. The first photo is of an interesting set of three watches, all with the same '3, 9, 12' dial style. As some may recall from seeing the vintage catalogues, there were some dials that IWC produced in both black and white (silver) versions... What's special here is the addition of a gold version of the same dial. Both steel cased models have luminous hour markers and are housed in screw-back cases, which is also quite unusual. The gold model is in a Calatrava style case which is also quite unusual (most period gold cases were not Calatrava styled). The second photo is of the 'cousin' dial with '2, 4, 8, 10, & 12' numbering. This is also in a screw-back case. All the dials here are original and in comparing them you might find some slight differences with dials you might see on the internet that have been re-painted. Yes, all the watches are small by today's standards at 30 mm, but they really are exquisite and remind me of how much artistry there is in fine watchmaking... Enjoy!
Michael
