Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 74

IWC - Mk XI - Steel - Antimagnetic International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, movement No. 1534009. Made in the 1960s. Fine, center-seconds, water resistant, antimagnetic, stainless steel wristwatch.

USD 3,500 - 5,000

CHF 3,500 - 5,000 / EUR 2,500 - 3,500

c. Two-body, polished and brushed, soft iron antimagnetic inner shield, concave lugs, screwed-down case back. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, outer minute/seconds division. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. C 89, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

IWC Mark 11: Introduced in 1948 to be supplied to the British Royal Air Force to be used by its navigators and pilot, and later to the Australian, New Zealand, and South African Airforces. The Mark XI fitted with the caliber 89 enclosed in a soft iron cage was considered a highly accurate and robust timepiece suitable for all type of mission. The dial has a broad arrow, a symbol of the cron. The Mark XI was phased out by the RAF in 1981.