Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 309

"GST - Chronograph Rattrapante" International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "GST - Chronograph Rattrapante", Automatic, Ref. 371526. Made circa 2000. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, day/date and a stainless steel IWC bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, soft iron antimagnetic shield, domed sapphire crystal. D. Copper-colored with applied faceted steel baton indexes, subsidiary "guilloche" dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the days of the week and the date. Luminous steel "baton" hands. M. Cal. 79230, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 17 mm.