Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 249

IWC REF. 3706 DER FLIEGERCHRONOGRAPH International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Der Fliegerchronograph? (The Aviator Chronograph), case No. 2870237, ef. 3706. Made in the 2000'. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, antimagnetic, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, day and date and a stainless steel IWC link bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, stepped bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, antimagnetic protection shield, sapphire crystal. D. Black with white Arabic numerals and luminous quarter baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions with 5-minute/second Arabic numerals, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 7902, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, index regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm.