====== IWC 852 ====== Calibre **IWC 852** is an [[automatic]] watch movement from [[IWC]] in the [[1950s]]. IWC advanced rapidly in automatic movement production, introducing their [[Pellaton]] winding system in [[1950]]'s [[IWC 81|Cal. 81]] and enhancing it in [[IWC 85|Cal. 85]] and again two years later in this Cal. 852. A similar model, **Cal. 8521**, added a date complication. It was replaced by [[IWC 853|Cal. 853]] after [[1958]]. **Description:** * [[Automatic]] movement * [[Pellaton]] winding **Functions:** * Hours, minutes, [[central seconds]] * Date (Cal. 8521) **Data:** * 21 [[jewels]] * 19,800 A/h * [[Power reserve]] 42 hours **Production period:** * Predecessor [[IWC 85]] * Successor [[IWC 853]] * [[1952]]-[[1958]] {{tag>Movements Automatic_movements Pellaton_movements IWC_calibres}}