Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 23, 2012
IWC REF. 5240 PORTUGUESE MINUTE REPEATER WHITE GOLD International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, Portuguese - Répétition Minutes, No. 2893631, case No. 2953171, Ref. 5240. Made in the 1990?s. Very fine and rare, large, minute-repeating, 18K white gold wristwatch with an 18K white gold IWC buckle.
C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back, concave bezel and lugs. D. Matte silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial at 9. M. Cal. 95290, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 54 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam 44 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
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Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |