Live Auction 7896Jewels and Watches : The Dubai Sale Including The Fabulous Parures: An Important Private Collection
IWC, GRANDE COMPLICATION PLATINUM AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASE DISPLAY AND BRACELET, LIMITED EDITION OF 50
Lot 157

IWC, GRANDE COMPLICATION PLATINUM AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASE DISPLAY AND BRACELET, LIMITED EDITION OF 50

NO. 38/50, MANUFACTURED IN 1993

Closed27 October 2010

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USD 110,500

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IWC, GRANDE COMPLICATION

PLATINUM AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASE DISPLAY AND BRACELET, LIMITED EDITION OF 50
NO. 38/50, MANUFACTURED IN 1993
Calibre 79091, minute repeating on two gongs, 75 jewels, porcelain white dial, applied gold baton numerals, subdials for date, month with hour register, day with small seconds, moon phases with minute register, four digit year display, three-part case, minute repeating slide in the band, screwed case back, platinum IWC bracelet, case, dial and movement signed
Diameter: 43 mm.

Specialist note

The Grande Complication is one of IWC's most exclusive timepieces with production limited to just 50 watches a year. Consisting of 659 mechanical parts, 21 functions and displays, a perpetual calendar for the next 500 days and a perpetual moon phase display made of polished goldstone, this watch is a tour de force. The minute repeating chime is exceptional, as the sapphire crystal has been freely suspended on a platinum membrane, amplifying the gong vibrations via the sound transmission pin.