Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 298

IWC REF. 3715 CHRONO-RATTRAPANTE STEEL International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, Chrono-Rattrapante, Automatic, case No. 2838985, Ref. 3715. Made in 2002. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, day & date and a stainless steel IWC bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, over-hanging bezel, screw-down case back and crown, soft iron antimagnetic shield, sapphire crystal. D. Copper-colored with applied faceted steel baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the days of the week and the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 79230, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 17 mm. pprox. overall length 185 mm.