111st Auction
2024/11/16
Lot 107
IWC / Intern. Watch Co.Fliegeruhr DFB
An aviator's heavy, limited edition wristwatch with English weekday display, date and split seconds chronograph - official watch of the German national football team
Sold
estimated
3.500—7.000 €
Price realized
4.700 €
specific features
Case
Steel, screw back with engraving "Offizielle Uhr der Deutschen Nationalmannschaft DFB", screwed crown, original textile strap.
Dial
White, black Arabic numerals and luminous indexes, white hands, red and yellow chronograph hands, two black subsidiary dials for 12h counter and 45 minutes counter, auxiliary seconds with hack feature, two apertures for day and date.
Movement
Automatic.
Case no.3380803
Ref.IW371803
Cal.79230
Diam.44 mm
Circa2008
Ctry.Switzerland
Lim.025/500
Reference IW371803 was created in 2008 specially for the German soccer team on the occasion of their participation at the UEFA European championship. The model was produced in a limited edition of 500 pieces only, with 50 of them given to the members of the German team. The dial displays the colours white, black, red and yellow of the German soccer association (DFB). IWC modified the minute scale specially for this model. The watch shows 45 minutes, which reflects the length of a soccer half. A possible extra time is printed in red.