Collector’s Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Mar 13, 2002

LOT 260

International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, ?Doppelchronograph?, Ref. 3713. Produced in the late 1990?s. Fine and massive, self-winding, water-resistant to 60m, stainless steel, gentleman?s wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, day and date, 44 hours autonomy and a stainless steel IWC buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, soft iron core to provide an antimag-netic shield, protected push-buttons, sapphire crystal. D. black with painted indexes and numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, apertures for the days of the week and the date, ?Bâton? tritium-coated steel hands. M. Cal. 79230, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 29 jewels, lever escape-ment, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm.