90th Auction
2014/11/15
Lot 99
International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, Movement No. 1013974, Case No. 1033374, Cal. 52T 19''' H6 S.C., 55 mm, circa 1940
An aviator's large wristwatch of the Deutsche Luftwaffe with original box, IWC extract from the archives and documentation - serviced at IWC Schaffhausen in 2013
Case: steel, matt-finished, push back with military engraving, protective cap. Dial: black, luminous Arabic numerals, centre seconds, luminous alpha hands. Movm.: 2/3 plate movement, frosted, gilt, indirect centre seconds, hack feature, screw compensation balance, index spring fine adjusting device.
"The big aviators watch of IWC produced for the German Airforce"
In 1940, 1.000 pieces of the big aviator's watch with case numbers between 1033201 and 1034200 were shipped to Siegfried Heindorf, Berlin/Germany.
Source: "IWC" Jürgen King, April 2001.
An aviator's large wristwatch of the Deutsche Luftwaffe with original box, IWC extract from the archives and documentation - serviced at IWC Schaffhausen in 2013
Case: steel, matt-finished, push back with military engraving, protective cap. Dial: black, luminous Arabic numerals, centre seconds, luminous alpha hands. Movm.: 2/3 plate movement, frosted, gilt, indirect centre seconds, hack feature, screw compensation balance, index spring fine adjusting device.
"The big aviators watch of IWC produced for the German Airforce"
In 1940, 1.000 pieces of the big aviator's watch with case numbers between 1033201 and 1034200 were shipped to Siegfried Heindorf, Berlin/Germany.
Source: "IWC" Jürgen King, April 2001.
Sold
estimated
14.000—17.000 €
Price realized
22.400 €