$27,500
IWC Platinum Portuguese 2000 International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, "Portuguese Automatic 2000," No. 135/250, case No. 2752086, Ref. 5000. Made in a limited edition of 250 pieces in platinum in 2000 in celebration of the new millennium. Very fine and rare, large, self-winding, platinum wristwatch with 7-day power reserve and an IWC platinum buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, guarantee and instruction booklet. To be sold without reserve Three-body, polished and brushed, concave bezel, concave lugs, transparent case back. Frosted silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals, outer dot minute indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and power-reserve indication. White gold feuille hands. Cal. 5000, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 44 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator, patented Pellaton winding mechanism, rotor with inset 18K gold signature medallion. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Notes Portuguese 2000 In the late 1930s, two Portuguese businessmen, Rodrigues and Teixeira, ordered a wristwatch with marine chronometer-like qualities from IWC. The company responded to what then a rather unusual request by producing a watch which housed pocket watch movement Cal. 74, in a large case. Thus was created the famous "Portuguese" watch, IWC’s instantly recognizable icon. Between 1939 an
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-10
