111st Auction
2024/11/16
Lot 267
IWC / Intern. Watch Co.Limited Skeleton
A limited edition, skeletonised Schaffhausen pocket watch with full calendar and moon phase
estimated
9.500—15.000 €
Price realized
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specific features
Case
18 K gold, glazed on both sides.
Dial
Skeletonised.
Movement
Bridge movement, lavishly hand-engraved, club-tooth lever escapement, Glucydur screw balance.
Ref.5501
Cal.9721
Diam.56 mm
Circa1980
Ctry.Switzerland
Lim.37/500
Wt.148 g
Only 500 pieces of this striking and highly complicated pocket watch in an 18 K gold case were ever produced. The hand-skeletonised and elaborately florally engraved bridge movement caliber 9721 is fitted with a Glucydur screw balance with index spring fine adjusting system and shock protection and has an adjustable full calendar with moon phase display, date, day of the week and month. In 1984 the price for this watch was 79,000 D-mark.