IWC Cal. 83 Teardrop Salmon 1953

Name: IWC Cal. 83 Teardrop Salmon 1953
Brand: IWC
SKU: #1307
Price: 3900.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

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Description
BRAND HISTORY

IWC Cal. 83 Teardrop Salmon — Elegant Precision in Stainless Steel (1953)

Produced in 1953, this IWC dress watch is a refined example of early Swiss watchmaking, defined by its rare and beautifully sculpted teardrop lugs that give the case an unmistakably elegant silhouette. The highlight is the original salmon dial with sub-seconds at six, paired with delicate leaf hands and slender hour markers for a perfectly balanced, timeless look.

Housed in a slim 35 mm stainless steel case, it wears comfortably while maintaining strong wrist presence. Inside beats the legendary IWC Caliber 83, a hand-wound movement celebrated for its robustness and long-term reliability.

An outstanding and increasingly hard-to-find piece for collectors who appreciate mid-century IWC design and understated elegance.

- wrist size in our picture is 18cm circumference -

DIAL:

original never touched salmon dial in flawless condition
original hands and IWC crown

STRAP & BUCKLE:

brown GOLDAMMER KARDINAL Lizard Embossed Leather Watch Strapfitting up to 20 cm wrist size / 2 mm thick
stainless steel GOLDAMMER buckle

CASE:

excellent overall condition, showing minor trace of use on caseback
3- body stainless steel case with snap-on case back
35 mm (without crown) / 44 mm (lug-to-lug) / 18 mm (between lugs) / 9 mm thick
year: 1953
total weight: 40 g

MOVEMENT:

International Watch Co. Cal. 83 - manual
17 jewels, 18000 A/h, 44 hours power reserve
professionally serviced in 12/2025
-12 sec/d / 310°

BOX & PAPERS:

GOLDAMMER certificate of authenticity & service documentation card
GOLDAMMER box

GOLDAMMER REFERENCE: #1307

IWC

Founded in 1868 by American engineer Florentine Ariosto Jones in the Swiss town of Schaffhausen, IWC — International Watch Company — has always walked its own path. While most Swiss maisons clustered in the west, IWC brought innovation to the north. Precision, technical excellence, and clean industrial design became the pillars of its identity.

IWC doesn’t chase trends. It builds instruments — for pilots, engineers, explorers, and thinkers. And that utilitarian DNA has given birth to some of the most iconic vintage watches of the 20th century: the Big Pilot, the Ingenieur, the Portugieser. Each one a response to a real-world need, and yet each executed with a sense of minimalist beauty that collectors revere.

There’s a quiet toughness to IWC. You feel it in the oversized crowns of their aviation watches, designed to be operated with gloves. In the anti-magnetic shielding of their 1950s Ingenieurs. In the deep-water engineering of their Aquatimer divers. These were watches made to perform — and made to last.

Today, vintage IWC watches are treasured for their clarity of purpose and unpretentious excellence. No flamboyance. Just clean lines, perfect proportions, and movements built with integrity. They're for the kind of collector who appreciates substance over showmanship.

To wear a vintage IWC is to wear intention. It says you value precision. Heritage. Quiet power. It’s a watch for those who see beauty in function, and elegance in simplicity.

Whether it's a mid-century dress piece, a Cold War-era tool watch, or a classic chronograph — IWC proves that true luxury doesn’t need to shout. It just needs to work flawlessly, decade after decade.

And in a world full of noise, an IWC vintage watch is a statement of restraint. Understated. Enduring. Always in control.