Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016
LOT 81
IWC REF. 3796 INGENIEUR LEWIS HAMILTON EDITION CHRONOGRAPH TITANIUM International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Ingenieur Chronograph," Lewis Hamilton Edition one of 250, case No. 3955436, Ref. 3796. Made to commemorate Lewis Hamilton's Formula One Season in 2014. Very fine and rare, large, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water- resistant, titanium wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, date and a titanium IWC deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, certificate of authenticity, operating instructions, a Mercedes AMG card featuring Lewis Hamilton and 5 extra links.
HKD 30,000 - 40,000
USD 3,865 - 5,150 / CHF 3,815 - 5,085
Sold: HKD 37,500
Three-body, tonneau-shaped, polished and brushed, screwed- down case back and crown, case back with carbon fiber from a silver arrow car, sapphire crystal. Carbon fiber with applied luminous steel baton indexes, outer minute and seconds divisions with Arabic 5-minute markers, subsidiary seconds, minute and hour counter dials, aperture for the date at 6. Steel luminous baton hands. Cal. 79230, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 1 |
As new |
Movement: 1 |
As new |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |