Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 184

IWC White Gold Pilot ? UTC - Edition Saint Exupery International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, ?Fliegeruhr/UTC Automatic,? No. 090/250, Ref. 3261. Made in a limited ?Antoine de Saint Exupery? edition of 250 pieces in 2008. Fine and rare, two time zone, independently adjustable hour hand as the time zone corrector (TZC), self-winding, waterresistant, antimagnetic, 18K white gold wristwatch with date and an 18K white gold IWC buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, guarantee, instruction booklet and a hard cover book ?Wind, Sand and Stars? by Antoine de Saint- Exupery in English and German.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, stepped bezel, screwed-down case back embossed with a scene depicting 2 airplanes in the air and engraved: ?International Watch Co. Edition Saint Exupery,? antimagnetic protection shield, sapphire crystal. D. Brown with applied luminous white gold Arabic numerals and luminous baton and triangular indexes, outer minute/ seconds track with 5-minute/second Arabic markers, apertures for the date at 3 and the second time zone at 6. Luminous white gold lozenge hands. M. Cal. 30170, rhodium plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Property of a Mid-West Collector