New arrival - Aquatimer 3536-03
This is a truly amazing watch. Fit and finish are excellent. Simple measurements 42mm wide, 14.5 mm high, 48mm lug to lug. Tritium hands (patina) and 12 o'clock markers, superluminova on hour markers. Hour markers are gold. Locking bezel requires pressure...
From the 812, it has the case back,
With this nice Logo. From IWC padt, it has a nice tradition. A lovely Diving watch, Joe. And original, too, with its white dial. Definitely a good catch. Best, and congrats. Nicolas
In-house movement??
Firstly thank you very much for sharing nice iac photos. Is the movement An in house version or just ETA??
Not "Just and ETA"
IWC uses a 2892 KIT -- not an assembled ebauche. They replace: the gear train wheels and levers mainspring and barrel a 21 K gold mass is added to the rotor for winding efficiency all parts are finished and assembled by hand
very nice indeed
But if I may ask, what is left of the ETA movement - if anything at all?
Here is the technical data
Base plate, bridges and partial rotor are some of the remaining items that come to mind....
Thanks very much!
Although it far surpasses my technical or horological understanding I shall be doing my best for the next hour or two to get into the works. IWC in combination with the mighty ETA.is more than impressive! Thanks to you again, amerix
very nice looker Joe. what age is it as it looks to be late 80's
its obviously not new from the patina on the hands and it just has the look of a late 80's watch. nice catch, enjoy it Graham
Dating the watch
Well, I've looked on the web, but couldn't find the information to date the watch. If anyone knows a good resource for dating by case number, please pm. Thanks.
Looking forward to seeing it soon...
That is a very nice watch. I have a soft spot for the IWC autos of the 70s and 80s. Very clean - the sort of watch one can wear and use with comfort and pleasure. Enjoy. Ginger
Inception..
Stand to be corrected, but I think LDC also wears an Aquatimer in Inception as well. BTW, great looking watch; wear it in good health. Cordially Mally
I am a bit astonished by the level of aging on the dial ....
... which suggests either humidity having entered the watch at an earlier point, or massive quality problems of the components. Personally, I would suspect the first. This variant of the GST Aquatimer was presented in 1998, and disappeared from the catalo...
Great info and Thank You!!
Your insight has provided me with an additional level of comfort. This watch just came from a full service by Richemont and is under warranty. The previous owner (a trusted enthusiast) sent it to IWC for a service and they put it through the whole 9 yards...