Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 12, 2012

LOT 23

IWC REF. 3799 TOP GUN SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH CERAMIC International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, Pilot?s Watch, Split- Seconds Chronograph, Top Gun Edition, case No. 3309930, Ref. 3799. Made in 2007, sold December 24th, 2007. Very fine, water-resistant, self-winding ceramic Pilot?s wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, day-date, and a stainless steel IWC buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box and warranty card.

C. Two-body, brushed, concave lugs, stepped bezel, screw down case back with Top Gun, United States Navy, Fighter Weapons School logo, screwed-down winding-crown, pushbutton at 10 o?clock for the split-seconds chronograph, Top Gun engraved on the band, sapphire crystal. D. Black with painted white Arabic numerals, luminous baton and white triangular indexes, apertures for the date and the day, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour, and 30-minute registers, outer minute division. Luminous blackened lozenge hands. M. Cal. 79230, rhodium-plated, 29 jewels, straight-line lever, monometallic balance, self-compensating fl at balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm. Thickness 18 mm.