the thrill of vintage collecting

Collecting vintage IWCs.......

Please can anyone give me any information re my iwc. I think it may be a MK11. It has boac on the back and a serial number,
cs 131/83/12

I hope she will, but the criteria is unaffected...

Properly maintained vintage watches should last forever, short of catastrophic accidents, much like vintage airplanes. Until very recently I flew airplanes older than I, all with a valid C of A. If it is possible to fly a 70 year old airplane, it is possible to rely on a vintage IWC to keep an appointment. :))

It may be one of the civilian MK11s made for BOAC.

A couple of pictures of the dial and of the caseback would help make an initial assessment.

It may be one of the civilian MK11s made for BOAC.

Thank you. I,ll post some photos. Any idea of a date.

I am not so sure Clepsydra >>>

As products are manufactured with better materials and have long life cycles, I think this changes the meaning of old and vintage. New airliners are looking at 60/70 years life cycles, which seems awful, considering they are only designed for Mach 0,85.

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Impressive

A very interesting subject to discuss>>

but outside the scope of the forum. I just do not know how I can connect pressurization and landing cycles, Mach number, composite materials, etc, and IWC. :))

Pilot's watch crystals are a great link...

They should resist sudden decompression, something that can happen if an old plane falls apart in mid air.

You better hope the shock resistance is on par, otherwise the watch won't be any good after impact though :-)

Kind regards,

Clemens

How could I have overlooked that? :))