18,000 CHF
Portugieser Automatic 2000 IWC (International Watch Co. ), Schaffhausen, "Portugieser Automatic 2000", No. 213/250, case No. 2792398. Made in a limited edition of 250 pieces in platinum in 2000, to celebrate the new millennium. Very fine, large, self-winding, platinum wristwatch with 7-day power reserve and an IWC platinum buckle. Accompanied by the instruction booklet. Frosted silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals, outer dot minute indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and power-reserve indication. White gold feuille hands. C. 5000, nickel-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 44 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator, patented Pellaton winding mechanism, rotor with inset 18K gold signature medallion. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm Notes The Portuguese Automatic 2000 was made in 250 pieces in platinum, 750 pieces in rose gold, and 1000 in stainless steel. I.W.C. Schaffhausen In the 1870s, Florentine Ariosto Jones, director of E. Howard & Co. in Boston, decided to manufacture high-quality movements and parts for the American market using American technology and skilled labor in Switzerland, where wages were comparatively low. However, it was not until Jones teamed up with Johann Heinrich Moser from Schaffhausen that his plan could be realized. Moser built a hydrostation in Schaffhausen powered by Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11
