$8,850
Stainless Steel "Da Vinci" International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, "Da Vinci," case No. 3088210. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, secular perpetual calendar, moon phases and a stainless steel IWC deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate, manual and calendar slide. Two-body, polished, rounded stepped bezel, screwed-down winding crown, hooded mobile lugs, sapphire crystal. Matte silver with painted Arabic numerals and luminous dots, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, apertures for the moon phases and for the 4 digit year display until 2499. Luminous steel "alpha" hands. Cal. C79261, gilt brass, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 16 mm. Notes For a note on International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, see lot 64.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-12-07
