11,875 CHF
IWC Pink Gold Spitfire-Edition Saint Exupery International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, “Fliegeruhr/Spitfire Chrono-Automatic”, No. 207/250, case No. 3197783, Ref. 3717. Made in a limited “Saint Exupery” edition of 250 pieces in 2006, sold on September 20th, 2007. Fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, antimagnetic, 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, day and date, and an 18K pink gold IWC buckle. Accompanied by the original box, guarantee, instruction booklet and a hard cover book “Night Flight” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery in English and German. Two-body, brushed and polished, concave lugs, stepped bezel, screwed-down case back engraved: “International Watch Co. Edition Saint Exupery”, antimagnetic protection shield, sapphire crystal. Bicolor satine brown and silver with applied luminous pink gold Arabic numerals and luminous baton and triangular indexes, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Luminous pink gold lozenge hands. Cal. 7902, rhodium plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Notes Property of a German Collector
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-11-13
