$9,000
IWC White Gold Pilot – UTC - Edition Saint Exupery International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, “Fliegeruhr/UTC Automatic,” No. 090/250, Ref. 3261. Made in a limited “Antoine de Saint Exupery” edition of 250 pieces in 2008. Fine and rare, two time zone, independently adjustable hour hand as the time zone corrector (TZC), self-winding, waterresistant, antimagnetic, 18K white gold wristwatch with date and an 18K white gold IWC buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, guarantee, instruction booklet and a hard cover book “Wind, Sand and Stars” by Antoine de Saint- Exupery in English and German. Two-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, stepped bezel, screwed-down case back embossed with a scene depicting 2 airplanes in the air and engraved: “International Watch Co. Edition Saint Exupery,” antimagnetic protection shield, sapphire crystal. Brown with applied luminous white gold Arabic numerals and luminous baton and triangular indexes, outer minute/ seconds track with 5-minute/second Arabic markers, apertures for the date at 3 and the second time zone at 6. Luminous white gold lozenge hands. Cal. 30170, rhodium plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Property of a Mid-West Collector
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-03-10
