Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.
Hong Kong, Mar 18, 2017
LOT 177
IWC REF. IW371708 PILOT'S SPITFIRE CHRONO-AUTOMATIC ST. EXUPERY, WHITE GOLD International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, No. 42/50, case No. 3159928, Ref. 371708. Made in a limited Saint Exupery series of 50 pieces. Sold in 2007. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, antimagnetic, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, day and date and 18K white gold IWC buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, guarantee and booklets.
HKD 94,000 - 164,000
USD 12,000 - 21,000 / CHF 12,000 - 21,000
Two-body, brushed and polished, concave lugs, stepped bezel, screw down case back engraved with the Saint Exupery logo, antimagnetic protection shield, sapphire crystal. Bicolor black and silver with luminous Arabic numerals, baton and triangular indexes, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Luminous steel lozenge hands. Cal. 79320, rhodium plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator, hack mechanism.
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Grade: |
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Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
