IWC. AN IMPRESSIVE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION TONNEAU-SHAPED AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WITH MOON PHASES, CERTIFICATES AND BOX
IWC. AN IMPRESSIVE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION TONNEAU-SHAPED AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WITH MOON PHASES, CERTIFICATES AND BOX
IWC. AN IMPRESSIVE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION TONNEAU-SHAPED AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WITH MOON PHASES, CERTIFICATES AND BOX
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IWC. AN IMPRESSIVE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION TONNEAU-SHAPED AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WITH MOON PHASES, CERTIFICATES AND BOX

SIGNED IWC, DA VINCI PERPETUAL CALENDAR MODEL, EDITION KURT KLAUS, NO. 39/50, REF, 3762/376201, CIRCA 2009

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IWC. AN IMPRESSIVE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION TONNEAU-SHAPED AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WITH MOON PHASES, CERTIFICATES AND BOX
SIGNED IWC, DA VINCI PERPETUAL CALENDAR MODEL, EDITION KURT KLAUS, NO. 39/50, REF, 3762/376201, CIRCA 2009
Movement: Automatic
Dial: Engine-turned silvered
Case: 43 mm. wide, 51 mm. overall length
With: Platinum IWC deployant clasp, blank Certificate and International Warranty card, instruction manual, polishing cloth, tag, century slide up to year 2499, original fitted wooden presentation box with metal plaque on the inside engraved Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Edition Kurt Klaus - Referenz 3762 39/50, outer packaging
Remark: Limited edition of 50 examples
Special Notice
This lot is offered without reserve. On lots marked with an + in the catalogue, VAT will be charged at 7.7% on both the premium as well as the hammer price. This watch offered for sale is pictured with straps made of endangered or protected animal materials such as alligator or crocodile. These endangered species straps are shown for display purposes only and are not for sale. Christie’s will remove and retain the strap prior to shipment from the sale site. At some sale sites, Christie’s may, at its discretion, make the displayed endangered species strap available to the buyer of the lot free of charge if collected in person from the sale site within 1 year of the date of the sale. Please check with the department for details on a particular lot.

Lot Essay

This endangered species strap is shown for display purposes only and is not for sale. The watch will be supplied with a calf leather strap.

The present Kurt Klaus ref. 3762 is no. 39 of the limited edition of only 50 examples in platinum. It is preserved in close to new old stock condition and sold with the original certificates and accessories.

The "Kurt Klaus" Da Vinci edition pays tribute to the outstanding watchmaker Kurt Klaus who spent more than fifty 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 and a moon phase display that required no corrector buttons. If for some reason the watch has not been worn for some time, all the displays - i. e. the date, day, month, four-digit year and perpetual moon phase - can be advanced synchronously, a day at a time, using the crown.

Kurt Klaus and his perpetual calendar are described and illustrated in IWC Schaffhausen - Engineering Time Since 1868 by Manfred Fritz, Paulo Coelho, Enki Bilal, pp. 446-449. The Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Edition Kurt Klaus in pink gold is illustrated on p. 465, op. cit.

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