Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 106

IWC Big ingenieur International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Big Ingenieur, 7 Days Power Reserve,? case No. 3230295, Ref. 5005. Made in 2007. Fine, large, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, anti-magnetic, stainless steel wristwatch with date, 7 days power reserve and a stainless steel IWC buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, guarantee and booklets.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent screweddown case back, protected screwed down crown, stepped bezel, hooded central lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Textured black with applied steel luminous baton indexes and 12 Arabic numeral on a plain reserve, outer minute division with 5-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary dial for the 7 day power reserve at 3, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 51112, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil-deperdrix decoration, 44 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to five positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism, skeleton personalized rotor. Dial case and movement signed. Diam. 47 mm. Thickness 15 mm.