$8,850
Titanium "GST" International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, "GST - Chronograph Perpetual Calendar", Ref. 375617. Made circa 2000. Fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, secular perpetual calendar, moon phases and an integrated, titanium IWC link bracelet with deployant clasp. Three-body, brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, sapphire crystal. Black with luminous baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds scale with 5-minute/seconds yellow Arabic markers, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month and the week, apertures for the moon phases at 12 and for the 4-digit year display until 2499 at 8. Luminous steel "baton" hands. Cal. 79261, gilt brass, 39 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 16 mm. Notes For a note on International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, see lot 64.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-12-07