Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 244

IWC REF. 5021 PORTUGUESE PERTPETUAL CALENDAR PLATINUM IWC, Portuguese Perpetual Calendar, Schaffhausen, No. 117/250, case No. 2919202, Ref. 5021. Made in a limited edition of 250 pieces, sold on November 18th, 2004. Very fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant platinum wristwatch with secular perpetual calendar, moon phases, 7-day power reserve indicator and a platinum IWC deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original warranty card, guarantee, instruction booklet, original fitted numbered box and calendar insert.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs, stepped concave bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Silver with applied gold Arabic numerals, outer engraved dot minute markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the day, date, months and the 7-day up-and-down indication, apertures for the moon phases and the 4-digit year. White gold feuille hands. M. Cal. C 50611, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 66 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator, skeletonized rotor with gold medallion inlay engraved ?IWC - Probus Scafusia?. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 44 mm. THICKNESS 15.5 mm.