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IWC. A FINE 18K PINK GOLD LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DATE AND POWER RESERVE

SINGED IWC, SCHAFFHAUSEN, EDITION ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPÉRY, PILOT MODEL, NO. 378/500, CASE NO. 3’291’536, CIRCA 2008

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IWC. A FINE 18K PINK GOLD LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DATE AND POWER RESERVE
SINGED IWC, SCHAFFHAUSEN, EDITION ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPÉRY, PILOT MODEL, NO. 378/500, CASE NO. 3’291’536, CIRCA 2008
Automatic jewelled movement, brown brushed dial, applied luminous Arabic, baton and triangular numerals, sweep centre seconds, eccentric engine-turned subsidiary dial for power reserve, aperture for date, large circular case, screw down crown, screw back engraved with a depiction of the geographical range of operations in Saint Exupéry’s era and inscription International Watch Co., Edition saint Exupéry, 378/500, 18k pink gold IWC buckle, case, dial and movement signed
44 mm. diam.

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Lot Essay

The IWC Pilot’s Watch Automatic Edition Antoine de Saint Exupéry was made to commemorate Saint Exupéry’s novel “Courrier Sud” (Southern Mail) published in Paris in 1929. The limited edition of 1929 examples contained 1178 examples in stainless steel, 500 examples in 18k pink gold, 250 examples in 18k white gold and one example in platinum. The present watch is number 378 of a limited series of 500 examples only.

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