Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 157

"Aquatimer ? Split-Minute Chronograph" International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Aquatimer ? Split-Minute Chronograph", Ref. 3723. Made in 2005. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium diver's wristwatch with round button split-minute fly-back chronograph and 2 minute hands, registers, date and an integrated, titanium IWC link bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, rocker switch on the band at 8 to switch the split-minute function on and off, the reset button at 4 also turns the rotating inner bezel, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous baton indexes, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel "baton" hands. M. Cal. 79470, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 17 mm.