"Pochet Watch International Watch Co, Iwc, 1928"
Pocket watch from the prestigious manufacture IWC, circa 1928.In 1868, Boston watchmaker Florentine Ariosto Jones founded the International Watch Co. in Schaffausen.
His plan was to combine cutting-edge American manufacturing technologies with the craftsmanship for which Swiss watchmakers were famous. In Schaffhausen, he found ideal conditions: modern factories, a hydroelectric power station pushed by the Rhine to operate the machines and, just as importantly, a centuries-old watchmaking tradition.
After a financial crisis, the company was taken over in 1880 by Johann Rauschenbach-Vogel, a mechanical industrialist from Schaffhausen, and transformed into an entirely Swiss company.
From that moment on, the business remained in the family for four generations...
900 silver case in excellent condition.
Internal brand "Probus Scafusia".
With the "Probus Scafusia" seal, the Swiss brand's uncompromising pursuit of precision and reliability received an official definition in 1903.
The Latin motto, which can be translated as "Quality made in Schaffhausen", was invented by the director of IWC at the time, Johannes Rauschenbach-Schenk.
Cover engraved “International Watch Co”. Diameter 53 mm.
White enameled dial with Arabic numerals. Original hands. Mineral glass.
Signed "International Watch Co"
Golden movement caliber 57 H5, anchor escapement.
Patent +55231 (The IWC patent was for a method of securing the dial using spring clips that engaged with the narrowed size of the dial feet to hold the dial plate against the movement).
Good condition, it works well.
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