Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 39

IWC Steel Sp itfire Chrono Automatic International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Der Fliegerchronograph, Spitfire,? case No. 3411821, Ref. 3717. Made in 2008, sold May 17th, 2009. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, antimagnetic, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, day and date and a stainless steel IWC buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, guarantee and instruction booklet.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, lapidated lugs and bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, antimagnetic protection shield, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone silver with applied luminous steel Arabic numerals and indexes on a guilloche reserve, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Luminous steel lozenge hands. M. Cal. 7902, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 15 mm.