Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 14, 2017

LOT 385

IWC REF. 3715 CHRONO-RATTRAPANTE STEEL International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, Chrono-Rattrapante, Automatic, Ref. 3715. Made circa 2002. Fine, self-winding, water- resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, day & date and a stainless steel IWC bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, warranty card, instruction booklet and additional dial.

Three-body, polished and brushed, over-hanging bezel, screw-down case back and crown, soft iron antimagnetic shield, sapphire crystal. Silver with applied faceted steel baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the days of the week and the date. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 79230, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.