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New York, Dec 11, 2008

LOT 424

Steel GST ? Chrono-Rattrapante IWC (International Watch Co.), Schaffhausen, ?GST ? Chrono-Rattrapante Automatic?, No. 2955540, Ref. 371518. Made circa 2000. Fine, large, thick, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, day/date and a stainless steel IWC link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by guarantee, a fitted box and instruction booklet. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, soft iron antimagnetic shield, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied faceted steel 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 steel baton hands. M. Cal. 79230, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 17 mm.