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IWC. A fine, rare and large stainless steel tonneau-shaped automatic limited edition perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases

SIGNED IWC, SCHAFFHAUSEN, DA VINCI PERPETUAL CALENDAR, EDITION KURT KLAUS, NO. 0491/3000, REF. 3762, CASE NO. 3'422'517, CIRCA 2008

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IWC. A fine, rare and large stainless steel tonneau-shaped automatic limited edition perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases
Signed IWC, Schaffhausen, Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar, Edition Kurt Klaus, No. 0491/3000, ref. 3762, case no. 3'422'517, circa 2008
Cal. 79261 gilt-finished lever movement, 39 jewels, engine-turned silvered dial, applied luminous baton numerals, luminous hands, four subsidiary dials for 30 minutes register and moon phases, day and constant seconds, date, month and 12 hours register, small aperture for four digit year, Kurt Klaus' facsimile signature between 4 and 5 o'clock, large tonneau-shaped water-resistant-type case, back engraved with portrait of Kurt Klaus and secured by eight screws, screw down crown, two rectangular chronograph buttons in the band, stainless steel IWC deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
43 mm. wide & 51 mm. overall length

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Lot Essay

With IWC Guarantee card dated 28 November 2009, unsigned Certificate, operating instructions, polishing cloth, tag, century slide up to year 2499 and original fitted black presentation box with metal plaque on the inside engraved Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Edition Kurt Klaus - Referenz 2762 - 0491/2000

The "Kurt Klaus" Da Vinci edition pays tribute to the outstanding watchmaker Kurt Klaus who spent more than fifty years with the company as a highly successful designer and inventor. During this period, his designs included an easy-to-use perpetual calendar that could be set using the crown and a moon phase display that required no corrector buttons. If for some reason the watch has not been worn for some time, all the displays - i. e. the date, day, month, four-digit year and perpetual moon phase - can be advanced synchronously, a day at a time, using the crown.

The present watch is number 0491 of a limited edition of 3000 examples of the model in stainless steel.

Kurt Klaus and his perpetual calendar are described and illustrated in IWC Schaffhausen - Engineering Time Since 1868 by Manfred Fritz, Paulo Coelho, Enki Bilal, pp. 446-449. The Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Edition Kurt Klaus in pink gold is illustrated on p. 465, op.cit..

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