8,850 CHF
Stainless Steel "Portuguese Chronograph” International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, Portuguese Chronograph Automatic," Ref. 3714. Made in the early 2000s. Very fine, large, self-winding, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and a stainless steel IWC buckle. Three-body, polished and brushed, overhanging bezel, concave lugs, case back with 4 screws, domed sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied pink gold Dauphine numerals, outer 1/5th seconds scale, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Pink gold "feuille" hands. Cal. 79240, gilt brass, "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Property of a Genevan Collector
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12