20,060 CHF
“The Charlie Chaplin IWC” International Watch Company, Schaffhausen, “Automatic”, No. 1350721, case No. 1371917. Sold on January 10, 1957. Fine and historically important, center seconds, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman`s wristwatch with date, which belonged to Charlie Chaplin. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and a hand-writen letter by his son, Eugène Chaplin, Attesting to the Authenticity of the watch. One-body, solid, polished, inclined bezel, downturned lugs. Matte silver with applied pink gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds dot divisions, date aperture at 3. Luminous pink gold “dauphine” hands. Cal. 8521, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, “oeil-de-perdrix” and “fausses côtes” decorations, monometallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, shock absorber, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34.7 mm. Thickness 10.5 mm. Notes Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) was born in London, England to stage parents. Before he was ten, the death of his father and subsequent illness of his mother forced Charlie and his brother Sydney to fend for themselves. The boys naturally chose the stage as a career. After acting in vaudeville and touring the United States, Chaplin was offered his first film contracts. His cinematic career took a significant turn when, in April 1919, he joined with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith to found the United Artists Corpor
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-05-13
