Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 184

"Platinum Portuguese Automatic" International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Portuguese Automatic", No. 078/500, Ref. 5001. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces in 2004. Very fine and rare, large, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with date, 7-day power reserve and a platinum IWC deployant clasp. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box and a certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs, screweddown transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Satiné silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary ?guilloché? dials for the seconds and the up-and- down indication, aperture for the date at 6. White gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. C 50010, rhodium-plated. ?fausses côtes? decoration, 44 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator, skeletonized bidirectional rotor with gold medallion inlay engraved "IWC - Probus Scafusia - Seven (7) Days Power-Reserve". Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm.