$3,250
International Watc h & Co. International Watch & Co., (IWC), Schaffhausen, “Automatic”, movement No. 1696059, case No. 1700671, Ref. 603. Made in the 1960s. Very fine, self-winding (Pellaton system), center seconds, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold IWC “a mailles Milanaise” bracelet with a rare “flip in” clasp. Two-body, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, straight lugs, snap-on case back. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer dot minute divisions, aperture for the date. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 8531, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating blued Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Approx overall length 175 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-10
