Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 234

IWC REF. 3713 SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH STEEL International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, Der Doppel Chronograph, Automatic, case No. 2950994, Ref. 3713. Made in the late 1990s. Fine, water-resistant, self-winding, stainless steel wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, day and date and a stainless steel IWC buckle. Accompanied by fitted box, guarantee and instruction booklet.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, stepped bezel, screw down case back and crown, push-button at 10 is for the split-seconds chronograph function, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals and luminous indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, apertures for the date and the day, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour, and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel lozenge hands. M. Cal. 79230, rhodium-plated, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating fl at balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 16 mm.