Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 475

IWC REF. 3751 DA VINCI, RATTRAPANTE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, Da Vinci Jubilee Rattrapante, No. 495/500, case No. 2652595, Ref. 3751-003. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Da Vinci model, sold on December 1, 1999. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, secular perpetual calendar, moon phases, and a platinum IWC buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted wooden box, hang tags, guarantee, instruction manual, booklets and service document.

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, hooded mobile lugs, screw down winding crown, case back secured by six screws, sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied white gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer fifths of a second divisions, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour register, the days of the month, of the week, the months, apertures for the aventurine glass moon phases and for the year display with four digits until 2499. Luminous white gold baton hands. Cal. C. 79251, gilt brass, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 43 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism.