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IWC. A VERY RARE, IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, YEAR INDICATION AND BOX
IWC. A VERY RARE, IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, YEAR INDICATION AND BOX
IWC. A VERY RARE, IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, YEAR INDICATION AND BOX
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IWC. A VERY RARE, IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, YEAR INDICATION AND BOX
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Christie's has provided a minimum price guarantee … Read more IWC GRANDE COMPLICATION NO. 2/50
IWC. A VERY RARE, IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, YEAR INDICATION AND BOX

SIGNED IWC, GRANDE COMPLICATION MODEL, REF. 3770, NO. 2/50, CIRCA 2003

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IWC. A VERY RARE, IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATING CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES, YEAR INDICATION AND BOX
SIGNED IWC, GRANDE COMPLICATION MODEL, REF. 3770, NO. 2/50, CIRCA 2003
Movement: Automatic
Dial: Silvered
Case: 42.5 mm. diam.
With: Platinum IWC deployant clasp, IWC attestation of property, Grande Complication book, product literature, presentation box and outer packaging
Remark: Limited edition of 50 pieces
Special Notice
Christie's has provided a minimum price guarantee and has a direct financial interest in this lot. Christie's has financed all or a part of such interest through a third party. Such third parties generally benefit financially if a guaranteed lot is sold. See the Important Notices in the Conditions of Sale for more information. 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.

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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.

Part of a limited edition of 50 pieces only, this stunning and incredibly IWC Grande Complication offers a huge presence both technically and aesthetically.

In 1985, during the midst of the quartz crisis, IWC set out to create what would be its first grande complication wristwatch - and one of the world’s most complicated timepieces: a timepiece featuring a perpetual calendar, a chronograph, and a minute repeater. A team of watchmakers and engineers was commissioned, and along with two young wunderkinds of complicated horology, Dominic Renaud and Giulio Papi were tasked to create IWC’s grande complication. After five years of painstaking development work and 12 patents, this horological masterpiece was officially presented at the Basel fair in 1990.

The 42.5 mm platinum case houses an automatic caliber with no less than 568 components that give life to 18 functions: hour, minute and seconds displays, moon phase, month, day and date displays, perpetual calendar, indication of year, decade, century and millennium, chronograph seconds counter, chronograph minutes counter, chronograph hours counter, minute repeater, quarter repeater and hour repeater.

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