Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 233

IWC REF. 3714 PORTUGUESE CHRONO PINK GOLD International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, Portuguese, Chronograph Automatic, case No. 2751034, Ref. 3714. Made in 2000. Fine and elegant, large, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and a steel & gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box, guarantee, bill of sale, instruction booklet and an 18K pink gold IWC buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, overhanging bezel, concave lugs, case back secured with 4 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals, outer engraved gold minute track and 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Pink gold feuille hands. M. Cal. C79350, gilt brass, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 13 mm.