Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 08, 2014
LOT 761
IWC WATCH WITH 6 COMPLICATIONS International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, case No. 2288290. Made circa 1980. Very fine and rare, large and heavy 18K yellow gold, minute-repeating, keyless, hunting cased pocket watch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and age.
CHF 8,000 - 12,000
HKD 66,000 - 100,000 / USD 8,500 - 13,000
Sold: CHF 15,000
Four-body, "bassine et filets", massive, polished, sprung front cover. Hinged gold cuvette. Matte silver with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary dials for the date, days of the week, the months with leap-year cycle and seconds, moon phase aperture with moon`s age on the border. Blued steel spade hands. 20"`, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, wolf`s tooth winding, 32 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |