Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 69

Stainless Steel ?Portuguese Chronograph Rattrapante? International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Portuguese Chronograph Rattrapante,? Ref. 3712, No. 2813149, made in the 1990s. Fine and rare, large, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, register and a stainless steel IWC buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, overhanging front bezel, concave lugs, case back secured with 4 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals and dot indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30 minute-register dials. Pink gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. C76240, gilt brass, "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 13 mm.