Collector’s Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Mar 13, 2002

LOT 189

International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, ?Ingenieur-Chrono-Alarm?, Ref. 3805. Produced in the 1990?s. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with trapezoidal button chronograph with reg-isters, alarm, date and a stainless steel IWC buckle.

C. two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, soft iron core to provide an antimagnetic shield, crowns and buttons with ?Clous-de-Paris? decoration, crown at 10 o?clock for the alarm, bezel with 5 pins, mobile lugs, sapphire crystal. D. black with tritium-coated indexes with white Arabic numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer sexagesimal scale, aperture for the date. ?Bâton? tritium-coat-ed hands, red for the alarm. M. Cal. 633, mechanical with electric propulsion by a quartz crystal, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 26 jewels. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm.