Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 22, 2014

LOT 178

IWC DA VINCI PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH PINK GOLD IWC, (International Watch Co.), Schaffhausen, "Da Vinci", case No. 2554754, Ref. 3750. Made circa 1990s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, secular perpetual calendar and moon phases, with an 18K pink gold IWC buckle. Accompanied by fitted box, certificate, international warranty (still valid), extra disc for the leap year, instruction booklets.

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded stepped bezel, screwed- down winding crown, snap-on case back, hooded mobile lugs, hesalite crystal. Black with applied pink gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, days of the month, of the week, apertures for the moon phases and for the year display with 4 digits until 2499. Luminous pink gold baton hands. Cal. 79061, gilt brass, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted five positions, shock absorber, self compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism.