1972 IWC Vintage Mens Watch, Cal. 8541B Pellaton Automatic with Date - Stainless Steel Mother of Pearl until Roy Horn's career-ending injury

until Roy Horn's career-ending injury on his birthday on October 3

Housed in a case with special titanium bezel - a metal that is extremely difficult to work with - with sculptured horses and solid 18K gold accents

date opening and black rubber bracelet

that occupy prestigious places among the great wristwatches of the 20th century

and his influence can be felt well beyond the folk revival era from which he emerged

1972 IWC Vintage Mens Watch, Cal. 8541B Pellaton Automatic with Date - Stainless Steel Mother of Pearl until Roy Horn's career-ending injuryThe superior automatic IWC featured in today's offering is powered by the Albert Pellaton designed Caliber 8531 movement. This mechanism's automatic winding system is a technical masterpiece, earning it high praise Gisbert Brunner and Christian Pfeiffer Belli in their work, Wristwatches Armbanduhren Montres bracelets, proclaimed the 8531 "one of the best automatic movements ever built in Switzerland." And the famous watchmaker Donald de Carle, in his