Collector’s Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Mar 13, 2002

LOT 252

International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, ?Da Vinci Rattrapante?, Ref. 3754. Produced in the late 1990?s, sold on September 6, 2000. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant down to 30 meters, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wrist-watch with round button split-seconds chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases and 44 hours autonomy, with an 18K pink gold IWC buckle. Accompanied by a mahogany wooden fitted box, an extra-digit plate to the year 2400 and a certificate.

C. two-body, solid, polished, case back with screws, stepped bezel, hooded mobile lugs, sapphire crystal. D. matte silver with painted Arabic numerals, auxiliary ?guilloché? dials for the seconds, the 12 hours register, the days of the month, of the week, aperture for the moon phases and for the year display with four digits until 2499. ?Lozenge? stylized tritium-coated pink gold hands. M. Cal. C. 79252, gilt brass, 43 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm.