Timeless Beauty: Spectacular Wristwat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 24, 2004

LOT 52

International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Da Vinci Jubilee Rattrapante", No. 278 / 500, Ref. 3751. Produced in a limited edition of 500 examples to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the "Da Vinci" model. Production of this reference started in 1995. Very fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, secular perpetual calendar, moon phases, 44-hour autonomy and a platinum IWC buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, hooded mobile lugs, screwed-down winding-crown. D. Satiné silver with applied white gold bâton indexes and tritium-coated dots, "guilloché" subsidiary dials for the sunk seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, the days of the month, 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. C. 79251, gilt brass, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 43 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 39 mm.