What We Love
The IWC Da Vinci 3755 is one of those quirky watches from IWC's history. Launched in 1986, it was the first wristwatch to feature a ceramic case, pairing black ceramic with 18k yellow gold. It's a pretty cool combination that still looks great nearly 40 years later. Production was very limited too, with fewer than 200 black ceramic examples believed to have been made.
Inside is Kurt Klaus' clever perpetual calendar chronograph, with the entire calendar operated through the crown rather than individual correctors. Pretty impressive engineering, especially for the mid-1980s.
Our example has some lovely details. Firstly, the ceramic case is completely free of cracks, which is always something worth checking on these early ceramic watches. The gold lugs have perfectly crisp hallmarks, and the original IWC gold pin buckle is still present.
The dial is pretty much perfect, with beautifully preserved printing and the original tritium lume still present on the handset. One of our favourite details has to be the moonphase. It has this beautiful, almost aventurine-like appearance, with a deep blue, star-speckled background that looks fantastic in person.
At around 39mm, it has a nice presence on the wrist, while the articulated gold lugs help it wear comfortably. If you're after a real talking point and a genuinely interesting piece of IWC history, this could well be the one.
What You Should Know
There are some light signs of wear consistent with age, including minor surface marks to the case and some scratches to the crystal.
The lume plots on the gold markers have aged to a darker hue than those at 12, 3 and 9 o'clock (these sit on the dial). All are period-correct tritium and glow for less than five seconds. Whether they've simply aged differently or some have been redone at some point is difficult to say. Both are possible, and we've certainly seen stranger things from IWC.
What We Love
The IWC Da Vinci 3755 is one of those quirky watches from IWC's history. Launched in 1986, it was the first wristwatch to feature a ceramic case, pairing black ceramic with 18k yellow gold. It's a pretty cool combination that still looks great nearly 40 years later. Production was very limited too, with fewer than 200 black ceramic examples believed to have been made.
Inside is Kurt Klaus' clever perpetual calendar chronograph, with the entire calendar operated through the crown rather than individual correctors. Pretty impressive engineering, especially for the mid-1980s.
Our example has some lovely details. Firstly, the ceramic case is completely free of cracks, which is always something worth checking on these early ceramic watches. The gold lugs have perfectly crisp hallmarks, and the original IWC gold pin buckle is still present.
The dial is pretty much perfect, with beautifully preserved printing and the original tritium lume still present on the handset. One of our favourite details has to be the moonphase. It has this beautiful, almost aventurine-like appearance, with a deep blue, star-speckled background that looks fantastic in person.
At around 39mm, it has a nice presence on the wrist, while the articulated gold lugs help it wear comfortably. If you're after a real talking point and a genuinely interesting piece of IWC history, this could well be the one.
What You Should Know
There are some light signs of wear consistent with age, including minor surface marks to the case and some scratches to the crystal.
The lume plots on the gold markers have aged to a darker hue than those at 12, 3 and 9 o'clock (these sit on the dial). All are period-correct tritium and glow for less than five seconds. Whether they've simply aged differently or some have been redone at some point is difficult to say. Both are possible, and we've certainly seen stranger things from IWC.
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