$6,000
Portuguese Chronograph International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, "Portuguese - Chronograph Automatic,” case No. 3235755, Ref. 3714. Made circa 2006. Very fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and a stainless steel IWC buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Three-body, polished and brushed, overhanging bezel, concave lugs, case back with 4 screws, domed sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied blue steel Arabic numerals, outer engraved division, outermonst 1/5th seconds scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Blue steel feuille hands. Cal. 79240, gilt brass, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 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
