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LOT 235

International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Doppelchronograph", No. 41, case No. 2559016. Produced in a limited edition in the 1990's.Very fine and heavy, self-winding, water-resistant to 50 meters, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, day and date, 44 hours autonomy and a stainless steel IWC bracelet. Accompanied by an original leather bracelet.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, additional inner case for deflection of magnetic fields, protected push-buttons, sapphire crystal. D. black with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, apertures for the days of the week and the date. "Bâton" tritium-coated white gold hands. M. Cal. 79230, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapment, moometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Approx. overall length: 190 mm.