Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 303

IWC DA VINCI PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH PLATINUM International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, Da Vinci, Perpetual Calendar, edition Kurt Klaus, No. 001 / 500, case No. 3433444. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces circa 2009. Fine, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, self-winding, platinum wristwatch with square button chronograph, perpetual calendar and a platinum IWC deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, guarantee card and certificate, instruction booklet and additional calendar insert.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, concave polished bezel, lapidated lugs, inset shaped rectangular chronograph pushbuttons, transparent case back secured by 8 screws, screw-down crown, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloche silver with applied luminous white gold baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 60-minute registers, aperture for the leap year, double apertures for the date and month. Luminous white gold alpha hands. M. Cal. 89801, fausses cotes decoration, 52 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating fl at balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim 44 x 52 mm. Thickness 16 mm.