Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 15

IWC - SteeL - Pilot Chronograph International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Der Fliegerchronograph", case No. 2774441, Ref. 3706. Made in 2000, sold April 9th, 2001. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, antimagnetic, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, day and date and a stainless steel IWC link bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box, guarantee, instruction booklet, three additional links and Tourneau service papers.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, stepped bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, antimagnetic protection shield, sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute and 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/second Arabic markers, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Luminous steel baton 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. 39 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm plus 3 links.