chippyfly
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Also a 2892A2 inside an U-N
The gilt colour is impressive. Your photo is also impressive.
Clive
Also a 2892A2 inside an U-N
The gilt colour is impressive. Your photo is also impressive. Clive ...
Many people criticized IWC using ETA movement for Mark XV instead of in house Cal 89 or JLC movement.
I think this ETA moment is beautifully finished.
Is this now standard finishing for IWC?
They used to not bother on closed caseback watches. This is much better.
Could you clarify your question?
I’m not sure what you mean about their not bothering. The Mark XV is from 1999-2006, and before that, ETA/Stellita movements weren’t used. Since then, ETA/Valjoux/Stellita sourced movements have been similarly finished (few component changes, perlage, som...
Movements I saw posted on the IWC Forum in 2014-15 when I participated were, if from closed cases, given the barest of finishing.
Even their “Manufacture” movements. The only movements that had any degree of high quality work on them were in the Portuguese family. Having said that, I was not very familiar with the Portofinos; so they may have been above standard.
