Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 80

IWC REF. 378507 INGENIEUR CHRONOGRAPH SILBERPFEIL STEEL International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Ingenieur Chronograph Silberpfeil," case No. 5186922, Ref. IW378507. Made circa 2012. Very fine, large, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachymeter, date and a stainless steel IWC buckle. Accompanied by the fitted box and blank warranty card.

HKD 31,000 - 48,000

USD 3,990 - 6,180 / CHF 3,945 - 6,125

Three-body, polished and brushed, bezel with tachometer scale to 1000 UPH, screwed-down case back with engraved image of Silberpfeil, (a race car), sapphire crystal. Bicolor brown (oeil-de-perdrix decoration) and silver with applied steel luminous baton indexes, outer minute and seconds divisions with Arabic five-minute markers, subsidiary seconds and combined 60-minute and 12-hour register dial, date aperture at 6. Stainless steel luminous baton hands. Cal. 89361, rhodium-plated, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, double-pawl automatic winding system, hack mechanism.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-9

Good

Scratched

Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIM. 45 x 52 mm. THICKNESS 14.5 mm. SILBERPFEIL is a German word translating as silver arrow. It was the name given by the press to Germany's dominant MERCEDES-BENZ and AUTO UNION GRAND PRIX motor racing cars ...