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New York, Oct 17, 2008

LOT 297

Titanium Aquatimer? Chrono-Rattrapante IWC (International Watch Co.), Schaffhausen, ?Aquatimer? Chrono-Rattrapante Automatic?, case No. 2875756. Made circa 2004. Fine, large, thick, self-winding,water-resistant, titaniumwristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, day/date and a titanium IWC link bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by originalwarranty, instruction booklet, setting pins and fitted box.

C. Three-body, brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied luminous baton indexes, outer minute and 5th second divisions with Arabic 5 minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the days of the week and the date. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 79230, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 17 mm.