Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 25, 2015

LOT 43

IWC REF. 3706 DER FLIEGERCHRONOGRAPH CATHAY PACIFIC LIMITED EDITION STEEL International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Der Fliegerchronograph" (The Aviator Chronograph), No. 16/100, case No. 3092354, Ref. 3706. Made in a limited edition of 100 pieces in 2006 to commemorate Cathay Pacific 60th Anniversary. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, antimagnetic, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, day and date and a stainless steel IWC buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, guarantee, booklet and invoice.

Two-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, stepped bezel, screwed-down case back engraved : ''60th Anniversary Since 1946 Cathay Pacific Limited Edition 16/100'' and crown, antimagnetic protection cap, sapphire crystal. Black with white Arabic numerals and luminous quarter baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions with 5-minute/second Arabic markers, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 7902, copper color, oeil-de-perdrix and fausses côtes decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator, hack mechanism.