Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 56

International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, ?Portofino,? Automatic, Ref. 2701. Produced in the 1990s. Very fine and elegant, thin, skeletonized, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold IWC buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, straight lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Transparent with outerpainted radial Roman numerals. Black ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 2117, gilt brass, hand-engraved and skeletonized,34 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring,21K yellow gold hand-engraved and skeletonized off-center rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm. Thickness: 6 mm.