Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 15, 2016

LOT 239

IWC DE LUXE AUTOMATIC YELLOW GOLD International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, De Luxe, No. 1398380, case No. 1441886. Made circa 1960. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with a detachable 18K yellow gold IWC brick bracelet.

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

HKD 64,000 - 96,000 / USD 8,400 - 12,500

Three-body, polished and brushed, sloping T-bar lugs, inclined bezel, snap-on case back. Champagne with applied yellow gold dart indexes, outer dot minute division. Luminous yellow gold dauphine hands. Cal. C.852, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 35 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm. Approx. overall length 165 mm.