Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 12, 2013

LOT 468

IWC REF 3755, DA VINCI CERAMIC AND GOLD IWC, (International Watch Co.), Schaffhausen, ?Da Vinci?, case No. 2389319, Ref. 3755. Made circa 1987. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold and ceramic wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, secular perpetual calendar and moon phases.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded stepped bezel, screwed-down winding crown, snap-on case back, hooded mobile lugs, hesalite crystal. D. White with applied yellow gold 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 gold baton hands. M. Cal. 7906, gilt brass, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted five positions, shock absorber, self compensating flat balance spring, index regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 39 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm