$4,250
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. Dial, case and movement signed. 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. Notes 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.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2016-10-08
