Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 38

IWC - Steel - Pilot - UTC - Edition Saint Exupery International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, ?Fliegeruhr/UTC Automatic,? No. 0365/1188, Ref. 3261. Made in a limited ?Antoine de Saint Exupery? edition of 1188 pieces in 2008. Fine, two time zone, independently adjustable hour hand as the time zone corrector (TZC), self-winding, water-resistant, antimagnetic, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stailess steel IWC buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box 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. Black 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 steel 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.