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

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 I have sadly given up hope that such fine piece will only hold a place in my mind not on my wrist.

 For example, IWC Portugieser Perpetual in RG and Lange Double Split.

I especially keen to acquire the 5021 since it marry some of the richest history in IWC:

1. The Pellaton Winding System that true to the old IWC idea of "Probus Scafucia" robust and solid for day to day use.

2. The Portuguese model that really ... is the true ancestor of the contemporary big watch design beside the military style.

3. The IWC calendar plate by Kurt Klaus that ultimately produce the Da Vinci Perpetual Chronograph which change IWC from a tool watch company to a house of haute horologie (in a way)

It work out so well even up till I see it in metal.

Then to the shocking horror that left me feeling sunken to the lone dark abyss ... it looks horrendous when I put it on! 

How... But... Why... I am speechless

Being ignorant on the course of few months I keep going back to my AD to try it on again and again to some how lie to myself I am just not use to wearing big watches. Again and again I sunk deeper...

That part of me had died.

Now see some light on the vintage piece of IWC in the form of Cal. 83 and Cal. 89. These are beautiful honest watch that have been forgotten along the journey overcoming the crisis of WW2 and the Quartz invasion.

What have gotten lost is honest working man watches like the Cal. 83 and Cal 89.

Now which should I get, guys?








 

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