Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

LOT 392

IWC, (International Watch Co.), Schaffhausen, ?Der DoppelChronograph, Automatic?, case No. 2638996, Ref. 3713. Sold on May 5th, 2001. Fine, water-resistant, self-winding, stainless steel wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, day and date and a stainless steel IWC link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box, guarantee and instruction booklet.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, stepped bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, push-button at 10 is for the split-seconds chronograph function, sapphire crystal. D. Matte black with white Arabic numerals and luminous indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, apertures for the date and the day, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour, and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 79230, rhodium-plated, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating fl at balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 16 mm. Approx overall length 185 mm.