1918 round silver vintage IWC (International Watch Company) ‘Officers’ watch

A 1918, rare, early silver round vintage I.W.C. (International Watch Company) ‘Officers’ watch. The case measures 33 mm in diameter, with 14mm lug size. The case is signed C.N. (Charles Nicolet was a partner of Stauffer & Co., the London branch of the Swiss firm of Stauffer, Son & Co. of La Chaux-de-Fonds) and hallmarked London 1918, with a hinged protective dust cover for the movement, signed The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd., 112 Regent St. W.1., Swiss Made. The calibre 63, jewelled, manual wind movement, with ‘pin-set’ hands, is signed S&Co., Swiss Made and numbered. The white enamel dial has black open Arabic numerals with a subsidiary seconds dial, and fine blued steel hands. The dial is signed IWC Shaffhausen above the centre.

An early example of an IWC watch, also known as a ‘Trench’ or ‘Officers’ watch, in fantastic condition!