Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 15, 2005

LOT 184

"Der Doppelchronograph" International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Der Doppelchronograph", No. 103, Ref. 3711. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, oversized, self-winding, water-resistant to 50 meters, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, day and date, and a platinum IWC buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down caseback and crown, soft iron core to provide an anti-magneticshield, protected push-buttons, sapphire crystal. D. Blue withtritium coated indexes and silver Arabic numerals, subsidiarydials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperturesfor the days of the week (in Italian) and the date. Tritiumcoatedsteel "bâton" hands. M. Cal.79230, rhodium plated,"fausses côtes" decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement,monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensatingflat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case andmovement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 16 mm.