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IWC, YELLOW GOLD, DIAMOND AND RUBY-SET DA VINCI PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH, REF. IW9253-05CASE NO. 2'514'995
Price Realised CHF 17,500
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CHF 14,000 - CHF 18,000
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IWC, YELLOW GOLD, DIAMOND AND RUBY-SET DA VINCI PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH, REF. IW9253-05
CASE NO. 2'514'995
Price Realised CHF 17,500
Price Realised CHF 17,500
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Consigned by a private collector and fresh to the market, this stunning heavy gold complicated bracelet watch is one of the rarest versions of the iconic IWC Da Vinci.
According to the Archives of IWC, only 13 examples were ever made, the present watch was sold in 1991.
The case is set with a total of 148 Top Wesselton white diamonds, 72 on the bezel (0.66 cts) and 76 on the lugs (0.56 cts), the dial is also pavé set with diamonds and in addition 12 rubies as hour markers.
The present watch has been wonderfully preserved and is accompanied by its full heavy 18K gold bracelet and presentation case.
Created by Kurt Klaus at the end of the 1970s, IWC introduced its perpetual calendar mechanism for wristwatches in 1985 in the Da Vinci reference 3570. It was a spectacular novelty at the time and ingeniously all the settings could be done via the crown. Critically acclaimed, the module would grow out to be the most widely sold perpetual calendar mechanism – not only fitted to the Da Vinci collection, but in adapted form in IWC watches such as the Novecento, the GST, the Pilot’s Chronograph and also various models by JLC, including the Master Ultra-Thin Perpetual.
It would also serve as the base for the IWC’s Grande Complication and their masterpiece of the time, the spectacular Destriero Scafusia. The Da Vinci model is now one of the most instantly recognizable watch designs in the world and a standard bearer for IWC.
According to the Archives of IWC, only 13 examples were ever made, the present watch was sold in 1991.
The case is set with a total of 148 Top Wesselton white diamonds, 72 on the bezel (0.66 cts) and 76 on the lugs (0.56 cts), the dial is also pavé set with diamonds and in addition 12 rubies as hour markers.
The present watch has been wonderfully preserved and is accompanied by its full heavy 18K gold bracelet and presentation case.
Created by Kurt Klaus at the end of the 1970s, IWC introduced its perpetual calendar mechanism for wristwatches in 1985 in the Da Vinci reference 3570. It was a spectacular novelty at the time and ingeniously all the settings could be done via the crown. Critically acclaimed, the module would grow out to be the most widely sold perpetual calendar mechanism – not only fitted to the Da Vinci collection, but in adapted form in IWC watches such as the Novecento, the GST, the Pilot’s Chronograph and also various models by JLC, including the Master Ultra-Thin Perpetual.
It would also serve as the base for the IWC’s Grande Complication and their masterpiece of the time, the spectacular Destriero Scafusia. The Da Vinci model is now one of the most instantly recognizable watch designs in the world and a standard bearer for IWC.
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CASE NO. 2'514'995
IWC, YELLOW GOLD, DIAMOND AND RUBY-SET DA VINCI PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH, REF. IW9253-05
Estimate: CHF 14,000 - 18,000
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