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IWC. A VERY RARE LIMITED EDITION PLATINUM AUTOMATIC MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOONPHASE
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IWC. A VERY RARE LIMITED EDITION PLATINUM AUTOMATIC MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOONPHASE

SIGNED INTERNATIONAL WATCH CO., SCHAFFHAUSEN, MODEL "GRANDE COMPLICATION", NO. 13/50, CASE NO. 2451013, REF. 3770, 1990

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IWC. A VERY RARE LIMITED EDITION PLATINUM AUTOMATIC MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOONPHASE
Signed International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, model "Grande Complication", No. 13/50, Case No. 2451013, Ref. 3770, 1990
Cal. 15", nickel-finished lever movement, 68 jewels, white matte dial with applied baton numerals, four subsidiary dials for day and constant seconds, date, month and hour registers, 30 minute register with sector for phases of the moon, eccentric window aperture for year indication, large heavy circular case with sloping bezel, back secured by six screws, screw-down crown, minute repeating mechanism activated by a slide in the band, chronograph mechanism operated by two rectangular buttons in the band, case, dial and movement signed, with a platinum IWC buckle
42mm diam.

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Accompanied by IWC cardboard slipcase, wood presentation box with inscribed plaque, Grande Complication, 1990, 13/50, guarantee and certificate.

Produced in a limited edition of 50 pieces in 1990, IWC's "Grande Complication" model involves 659 parts working together to function as one of the most complicated wristwatches made.