Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 282

International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Da Vinci Jubilee Rattra-pante", No. 278/500, Ref. 3751. Manufactured in a limited edition of 500 examples to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the "Da Vinci" model. Very fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant to 30 meters, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, secular perpetual calendar, moon phases, 44-hour autonomy and a platinum IWC buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, hooded hinged lugs, screw-down winding-crown.D. satiné silver with applied white gold baton indexes and tritium-coated dots, "guilloché" subsidiary dials for the sunk seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, the date, days of the week, the months, apertures for the moon phases and for the year display with four digits until 2499. Tritium-coated white gold "Bâton" hands.M. Cal.