Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 11, 2012
LOT 166
IWC SQUELETTE, YELLOW GOLD International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, ?Squelette?, movement No. 2459680, case No. 2452184, Ref. 2701. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and elegant, thin, skeletonized, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold IWC buckle.
CHF 7,200 - 11,500
USD 7,800 - 13,000 / EUR 6,000 - 9,000
Sold: CHF 8,750
C. Two-body, solid, polished, curved lugs, rounded bezel, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Transparent with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve. Black baton hands. M. Cal. 2117, gilt brass, hand-engraved and skeletonized, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, 21K yellow gold hand-engraved and skeletonized off-center rotor. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness: 5 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 1 |
As new |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |