Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 1

"Yellow Gold Da Vinci" International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Da Vinci", No. 2386302. Made in 1986. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, secular perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold IWC buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, rounded stepped bezel, screw-down winding-crown, hooded mobile lugs. D. White with applied yellow gold indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers, days of the month, of the week, apertures for the moon phases and for the year display with 4 digits until 2499. Luminous gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 79061, gilt brass, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 15 mm