Cal. 89 is a center seconds.

Jun 26, 2010,20:27 PM
 

For me, I personally love the layout of the 83, however the 89 is probably a bit more sophisticated, just guessing from its extraordinary
long production run (mid-1940s through early 1970s). Also, I would prefer both in their issued military form (WWW for the 83, Mark 11 for
the 89), but these are especially expensive watches. As an alternative, my observation is that while both movements were also used in a
variety of more-or-less dressy civilian watches, those of the earlier Cal. 83 seem to me notably old-fashioned looking, while the newer
Cal. 89 is available in a much wider choice of still-contemporary style watches.

So, here is what I ended up with, the WWW (Cal, 83) from the late 1940s, and an unusual handwinding Yacht club (Cal. 89) from the
1970s:








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IWC Vintage Dilemma .... Cal 83 vs Cal 89

 
 By: TdotBean : June 25th, 2010-01:48
After reading some of the previous post on some vintage IWC movement and history. I have gotten myself into a dilemma. As I have previously share, there are a few watches that I admire however due to the reason that they do not wear well on my wrist that ...

Vintage c89

 
 By: joeyza : June 25th, 2010-03:24
I can't speak for the c83, but the c89 is a terrific movement. It has a decent level of finish and is a true work horse. Mine ran extremely well and kept excellent time. The c89 came in a wide variety of case shapes and metals. My recommendation is to foc...

Thanks Joe...

 
 By: TdotBean : June 25th, 2010-07:57
The back of the watch looks really cool. Almost like a round plate. Does the cal.89 comes with sub seconds model?

Cal. 89 is a center seconds.

 
 By: SteveG : June 26th, 2010-20:27
For me, I personally love the layout of the 83, however the 89 is probably a bit more sophisticated, just guessing from its extraordinary long production run (mid-1940s through early 1970s). Also, I would prefer both in their issued military form (WWW for...

Thanks Steve... but

 
 By: TdotBean : June 28th, 2010-04:16
you are not making this any easier especially with your pictures. Is hard enough to get th e decision made on these 2 movement. The issues of price will come in later then...

Don't ignore the automatics

 
 By: tee530 : June 27th, 2010-19:06
If you have an interest in the Pellaton winding system (well worth the interest, for me) then the caliber 85 series (85, 852/8521, 853/8531, 854/8541, with each pair being without/with date) has been labelled as among the best automatic wristwatch caliber...

I was hoping to let that slip ...

 
 By: TdotBean : June 28th, 2010-04:57
without anyone noticing. Yes I was considering the 85xx, 88xx at first then I saw crownprince's post by SJX about the new Vintage collection Aquatimer with the new update movement. My heart shifted abit. However, they are very THICK and the works on the c...

Hmm

 
 By: tee530 : June 28th, 2010-06:59
Hi Tyler, You pose an interesting question. There are many fans of the cal 50xxx movements, and I think you accurately see them as the descendents of the great IWC movements of the past. Unusual in several ways, including their size (!), the Pellaton wind...