$15,525
International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, "Portuguese 2000" Automatic, No. 189/250. Produced in a limited edition of 250 examples in 2000 to commemorate the year 2000. Very fine and rare, self-winding, platinum gentleman’s wristwatch with 7-day power-reserve and a plat- inum IWC buckle. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box and a certificate. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs, transparent case back. satiné silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the up-and-down indication. White gold "Feuille" hands. Cal. 5000, rhodium-plated. "fausses côtes" decoration, 44 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, skeletonized bi-directional rotor with gold medallion inlay egraved "IWC -Probus Scafusia - Seven (7) Days Power-Reserve". Dial case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Notes Portuguese 2000 In the late 1930’s two Portuguese businessmen, Rodrigues and Teixeira ordered a wristwatch with marine chronometer-like qualities from IWC. The company responded to what was at this at the time a rather unusual request by producing the desired watch which housed a pocket watch movement, Cal. 74 in a large case. Who would have thought this would be the birth of the famous "Portuguese" watch, IWC’s instantly recognizable icon’ However, between 1939 and 1981 only 669 Portuguese watches were produced. These were good quality w
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-12-02
