104th Auction
2021/5/22
Lot 236
International Watch Co.Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar, Edition Kurt Klaus
A heavy platinum wristwatch in near mint condition, with perpetual calendar, moon phase and chronograph, designed by Kurt Klaus, highly successful designer and inventor at IWC - with original box, guarantee card, original blank certificate, operating instructions, booklet and cleaning cloth - full set!
Sold
estimated
25.000—35.000 €
Price realized
25.000 €
specific features
Case
Platinum, screwed on back with embossed portrait of Kurt Klaus, rectangular chronograph pushers, fast setting of the calendar via screwed crown, IWC platinum deployant clasp.
Dial
Silvered, engine-turned, applied luminous indexes, auxiliary seconds at ''9'', 30 min. and 12h counter, small aperture for four-digit year display, subsidiary dials for indications of the weekday, the month and the date, perpetual moon phase display, Kurt Klaus' facsimile signature between "4" and "5", luminous alpha hands.
Movement
Automatic.
Case no.3297662
Ref.376201
Cal.79261
Diam.43 x 51 mm
Circa2010
Ctry.Swiss
Lim.27/50
Wt.233 g
Kurt Klaus spent over 50 years with the company as a highly successful designer and inventor. During this period, his designs included an easy-to-use perpetual calendar that could be set using the crown together with a moon phase display that required no correction buttons. The limited Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Edition Kurt Klaus pays a fitting tribute to an outstanding watchmaker. Each of the displays – i.e. date, day, month, four-digit year and moon phase – can be advanced synchronously, a day at a time and whenever needed, using the crown.
Source: http://www.iwc.com