Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 365

IWC REF. 5021 PORTUGUESE PERTPETUAL CALENDAR PLATINUM IWC (International Watch Co.), Portuguese Perpetual Calendar, Schaffhausen, No. 160/250, movement No. 2930059, case No. 2919213, Ref. 5021. Made in a limited edition of 250 pieces circa 2004 Very fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant platinum wristwatch with secular perpetual calendar, moon phases, 7-day power reserve indicator and a platinum IWC deployant clasp. Accompanied by a blank Certificate, IWC guarantee/service booklet, operating note, instruction booklet, original fitted numbered and secured wooden box and calendar insert.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs, stepped concave bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Silver with applied gold Arabic numerals, outer engraved dot minute markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the day, date, months and the 7-day up-and-down indication, apertures for the moon phases and the 4-digit year. White gold feuille hands. Cal. C 50611, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 66 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator, skeletonized rotor with gold medallion inlay engraved "IWC - Probus Scafusia".