Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 48

"Der Fliegerchronograph" International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Der Fliegerchronograph - Automatic". Made in the late 1990s. Fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant to 50 meters, stainless steel and PVD-coated gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, day and date and a stainless steel IWC buckle.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down stainless steel case back and crown, antimagnetic protecting shield, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with white Arabic numerals and tritium-coated indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Tritium-coated steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 7922, gilt brass, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 15 mm.