Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 81

International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Der Doppelchronograph,? No. 42, Ref. 3711. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, oversized, self-winding, water-resis-tant to 50 meters, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, day and date, and a platinum IWC buckle. Accom-panied by a fitted box and a certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-downcase back and crown, soft iron core to provide an anti-magneticshield, protected push-buttons, sapphire crystal.D. Blue with tritium coated indexes and Arabic numerals,subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, apertures for the days of the week and thedate. Tritium coated steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal.79230,rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 29 jewels,straight line lever escapement, monometallicbalance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flatbalance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 42 mm. Thickness: 16 mm.