33,600 CHF
Da Vinci Tourbillon No. 1 International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Da Vinci Tourbillon", No. 01/50, movement No. 2600070, case No. 2754026, Ref. 3752. Made in a limited edition of 50 examples in platinum, sold on December 24th, 1999. Very fine and very rare, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with one-minute flying tourbillon regulator, round button chronograph, registers, secular perpetual calendar, moon phases and a platinum IWC buckle. Accompanied by fitted box, guarantee, certificate, instruction manual and booklets. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, hooded mobile lugs, transparent case back with six screws, hesalite crystal. Matte blue with applied white gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds scale, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12 hour register, the date, days of the week, the months, apertures for the moon phases and for the year display with four digits until 2499. Luminous white gold baton hands. Cal. 76061, gilt brass, fausses cotes decoration, 35 jewels, lateral lever escapement with flying one-minute tourbillon regulator with three equidistant titanium arms, monometallic balance adjusted to five positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 39 mm. Thickness 14 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-11-14
