$10,800
Pink Gold Portuguese Chronographe Rattrapante International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, Portuguese Chronographe Rattrapante, case No. 2590291, Ref. 3712. Made circa 2000. Fine and rare, large, 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, register and an 18K pink gold IWC buckle. Accompanied by the fitted box and certificate. Three-body, polished and brushed, overhanging bezel, concave lugs, case back secured with 4 screws, sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer engraved minute division, outermost 1/5th seconds scale with 5-minutes/ seconds Arabic markers. Pink gold feuille hands. Cal. C76240, gilt brass, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Property of an East Coast collector
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-09-17