Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 15, 2005

LOT 183

"Da Vinci" International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Da Vinci", No. 2390903, Ref. 3755. Made in 1994. Fine and very rare, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold and black ceramic gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, secular perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold IWC buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, yellow gold hoodedmobile lugs. D. White with applied yellow gold indexes andtritium-coated dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds and thedays of the week, the 30-minute register and the days of themonth, the 12-hour register and the months, apertures for themoon phases and for the year display with four digits until 2499.Tritium-coated yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 7906, giltbrass, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallicbalance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensatingflat balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movementsigned. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 15 mm.