Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Feb 22, 2014
LOT 177
IWC REF. 3761DA VINCI PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH PLATINUM International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, `Da Vinci, Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month, No. 079/500, case No. 3453056, Ref. 3761. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces circa 2008. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, self- winding, large and heavy platinum wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar with leap-year indication and a platinum IWC deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original IWC fitted box, guarantee card and certificate and instruction booklet.
HKD 200,000 - 240,000
USD 26,000 - 32,000 / CHF 23,000 - 28,000
Sold: HKD 243,750
Three-body, polished and brushed, curved polished bezel, lapidated lugs, inset shaped rectangular chronograph push-buttons, transparent case back secured by 8 screws, screw-down crown, sapphire crystals. Guilloche silver with applied luminous white gold baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the co-axial 12-hour and 60-minute registers, aperture for the leap year, large double apertures for the digital date and month. Luminous white gold alpha hands. Cal. 89801, fausses cotes decoration, 52 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 1 |
As new |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |