Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 12, 2013
LOT 284
IWC YELLOW GOLD PORTUGUESE ? REPETITION MINUTES, FIRST GENERATION IWC, International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, ?Portuguese - Répétition Minutes?, No. 128/250, movement No. 2848090, case No. 2852768, Ref. 5240. Made in a limited edition of 250 pieces circa 2000. Very fine and rare, large, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold IWC buckle. Accompanied by the fitted wooden box, guarantee (blank) and instruction booklet
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
HKD 250,000 - 330,000 / USD 32,000 - 43,000
Sold: CHF 37,500
C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with sapphire crystal, concave bezel and lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial at 9, outer engraved dot minute divisions. Yellow gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 95290, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 54 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 43 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |