Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 305

"Small Portuguese" International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, ?Small Portuguese?, No. 2631964, case No. 2670031. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with 48-hour autonomy and an 18K pink gold IWC buckle.

C. Three body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back, concave bezel and lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary guilloché seconds dial. Pink gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 891/2, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 8 mm.