Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007
LOT 303
?The Charlie Chaplin IWC? International Watch Company, Schaffhausen, ?Automatic?, No. 1350721, case No. 1371917. Sold on January 10, 1957. Fine and historically important, center seconds, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman`s wristwatch with date, which belonged to Charlie Chaplin. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a hand-writen letter by his son, Eugène Chaplin, Attesting to the Authenticity of the watch.
CHF 17,000 - 22,000
EUR 11,000 - 14,000 / USD 15,000 - 18,000
Sold: CHF 20,060
C. One-body, solid, polished, inclined bezel, downturned lugs. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds dot divisions, date aperture at 3. Luminous pink gold ?dauphine? hands. M. Cal. 8521, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, ?oeil-de-perdrix? and ?fausses côtes? decorations, monometallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, shock absorber, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34.7 mm. Thickness 10.5 mm.
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Grade: |
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Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |
Notes
was born in London, England to stage parents. Before he was ten, the death of his father and subsequent illness of his mother forced Charlie and his brother Sydney to fend for themselves. The boys naturally chose the stage as a career. After acting in vaudeville and touring the United States, Chaplin was offered his first film contracts. His cinematic career took a significant turn when, in April 1919, he joined with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith to found the United Artists Corporation, ensuring artists greater control over their work. However, before he could assume his responsibilities with U. A., Chaplin had to complete a prior contract with First National, and early in 1921, he came out with his six-reel masterpiece "The Kid". With U.A., Chaplin made eight pictures: "Woman Of Paris" (1923); "Gold Rush" (1925); "Circus" (1928); "City Lights" (1931); "Modern Times" (1936); "The Great Dictator" (1940), in which he played a dual role and talked on the screen for the first time; "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947); and "Limelight" (1952). In 1957, he released "A King in New York". In 1966 he produced his last picture, "A Countess from Hong Kong", for Universal Pictures, starring Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando. Chaplin was the first international star of the modern era. He was also the first to write, direct, and perform in his own films, in some cases even writing the music for them. Also the first artist to convey a message of equality and justice for all - but especially for the ?little guy?, Charlie Chaplin is a global icon, universally loved and cherished.