283,200 HKD
"Portuguese Secular Perpetual Calendar No 8" International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, "Portuguese Perpetual Calendar", No. 3147582, Ref. 5021. Number 8 of a limited edition of 11 pieces. Especially made for Zegg & Cerlati, Monaco. Sold in January 2006. Very fine and rare, large, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with secular perpetual calendar, moon phases, 7-day power-reserve and a white gold IWC deployant clasp. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box and a certificate. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Black with applied white gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the day, date, months and the 7-day up-and down indication, apertures for the moon phases and the years, outer minutes division. White gold "feuille" hands. Cal. C 50611, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 66 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism, skeletonized bi-directional rotor with gold medallion inlay engraved "IWC –Probus Scafusia – Zegg & Cerlati- Limited Edition". Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Notes Production of this reference started in 2003. Lots 71 and 72, Property of a Gentleman from Monaco
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-04-23
