Swiss open faced lever watch in stainless steel case Circa 1965

Stainless steel watch with chain
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A very nice IWC Lepine in a rare stainless steel case with watch chain and extract from the archives, circa 1965. length of the watch chain ca. 25cm, rare stainless steel case, back pressed, punched, “Staybrite Steel”, caliber 67-17/H5, very beautiful lever movement, rhodium-plated and decorated with stripes, large Glucydur balance wheel, blued Breguet hairspring, swan-neck fine adjusting device, lever escapement, pressed chatons, rubies, polished steel screws, punched bridge/ main plate, inscribed “International Watch Co Swiss”, winding and time setting with crown, original silver coloured metal dial with applied Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds hand, dial inscribed “International Watch Co Schaffhausen”, gilt hands, optically also in very good condition, nearly unused, very nice collector’s watch with rare case, formerly sold on 9th of December 1965 to Rosenmayr in Vienna, with extract from the archives.
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Diameter: 48 mm
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Total Weight: 95 g
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Signed: International Watch Co., Schaffhausen