9,600 CHF
"Yellow Gold Da Vinci" International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, "Da Vinci", case No 2437889, Ref. 3750. Made in the early 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, secular perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold IWC buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, rounded stepped bezel, screwed-down winding crown, snap-on case back, hooded mobile lugs. White with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, days of the month, of the week, apertures for the moon phases and for the year display with 4 digits until 2499. Luminous gold baton hands. Cal. 79061, gilt brass, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted five positions, shock absorber, self compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Notes IWC In the 1870's, American-born Florentine Ariosto Jones, who had been appointed director of the E. Howard & Co. watchmaking factory in Boston at the age of 27, decided to manufacture highquality movements and watch parts for the American market using American technology and skilled labor from Switzerland, where wages were comparatively low. In 1868, Jones created the International Watch Company. Schaffhausen had long been a watchmaking town, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-03-29
