$13,750
IWC - REF. 3527 - TITANIUM - GST DEEP ONE International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, “GST Deep One, Automatic,” case No. 2771304, Ref. 3527. Made circa 2000. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant to 100 m, titanium diver's wristwatch with date, 3 crowns, depth gauge, length of dive indicator on a rubber strap and a steel IWC buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate, instruction booklet, depth gauge, titanium link bracelet, and a spare straps with tool. Two-body, brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, the crown at 2 adjusts the rotating inner bezel, the one at 4 resets, sapphire crystal. Black with luminous baton indexes, rotating ring for the diving time display with yellow 15-minute section, subsidiary seconds dial, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 8914, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 40 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Notes IWC Deep One The IWC Deep One, introduced in 1999, was the fi rst wristwatch equipped with a mechanical depth gauge that showed depth up to 45 meters. The mechanical depth system is a Bourdon tube which acts as a pressure-sensing element. When water enters the coil tube, it causes the tube to rigidify. The pressure is then indicated by a depth gauge hand in white. A yellow hand indicates the greatest dep
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-09-14
