IWC Portuguese Split Second Chronograph Rattrapante IW3712-02 41mm $11,000 LNIB
The History of ... IWC was founded in Schaffhausen Switzerland in 1868. They manufacture seven different watch collections: The Aquatimer, the DaVinci, the Grande Complication, the Ingenieur, the Pilot’s Watch, the Portofino, and the Portguese---Ask any watch collector which Swiss Manufacturer is best known for designing pilot’s watches and they will immediately answer "IWC." Since the early 1930’s IWC has been producing the world’s finest and most durable pilot’s watches. They produced the first Big Pilot’s watch in 1936 and then quickly expanded the Pilot’s Watch line to include the Double Chronograph, the Chronograph Automatic, the Mark XV, the Spitfire Double Chronograph, the Spitfire Chronograph Automatic, the Spitfire UTC, and the Spitfire Mark XV...
The featured watch describe is a Swiss made IWC Portuguese Split Second Chronograph Rattrapante IW3712-02, in polished Stainless Steel round shaped case measuring 41mm diameter. (Soft-iron inner case to protect against magnetic fields). Fixed Stainless steel bezel. Hand wound chronograph movement, power reserve up to ± 44 hours. Displays a Silver – tone dial with applied Arabic numerals markers, gold-tone Feuille shaped hands, indexes, minute track at outer rim. Split second chronograph. Small seconds at 6 o’clock, 30minute recorder at 12 o’clock. Pull / push stainless steel crown, pushers. Scratch Resistant Sapphire crystal, solid caseback. Brown Alligator/Crocodile leather strap with IWC stainless steel Tang Buckle. Water resistant to 30m / 99 ft. Display signed " IWC ", Caseback inscribe & numbered, Movement signed & concealed...
Functions: Hour, minutes, seconds, Split second chronograph. Manual Winding movement, IWC cal 76240- 27 jewels, power reserve up to ± 44 hours. Sapphire crystal, solid caseback. Leather strap with stainless steel Tang Buckle. Water resistant to 30m / 99 ft. (unsuitable for prolonged contact with water e.g. swimming, bathing)...
Personal Note-- LNIB, Comes with Box and Papers, as seen in photos... IWC Portuguese Split Second Chronograph Rattrapante IW3712-02, in polished Stainless Steel round shaped case. (Soft-iron inner case to protect against magnetic fields). This watch is extraordinarily well made and designed. IWC makes outstanding fine quality timepieces, which are elegant, classy and sophisticated. I personally love the pure and simple design of the dial. The dial is stunning and easy to read. The appliqués on the dial as well as the hands are finished with a gold tone coating ensuring outstanding legibility. The central chronograph hand shows recorded times elapsed minutes while the small gold tone hand in the subdial at “6 o’clock” shows seconds and minutes at 12 o’clock. The watch has an integrated split second function. This watch is powered with the IWC 76240 calibre. It gives the watch a power reserve of up to +/- 44 hours. Great watch. Great company.. I love function specific watches...
IWC...“Rattrapante - a chronograph with two centre seconds hands, the extra hand runs concurrently with the main chronograph hand but can be stopped independently then made to catch up with the running chronograph. Thus called the "Split Seconds hand" which refers to two hands.”...
IWC... Sporty... Brown Alligator/Crocodile leather strap with IWC stainless steel Tang Buckle...
IWC... Movement... Manual winding movement, cal 76240. 27 jewels, 28.800 A/h, (based ETA 7750).. Rattrapante movement based on Valjoux 7750/ 7760. Rattrapante module developed by Richard Habring for IWC. chronograph movement with cumulative timing, minute counter, split-seconds mechanism for recording intermediate times or a second time...
IWC... Comes in Box set with Papers, as seen in photos...
IWC Portuguese Split Second Chronograph Rattrapante IW3712-02 41mm $11,000 LNIB
The History of ... IWC was founded in Schaffhausen Switzerland in 1868. They manufacture seven different watch collections: The Aquatimer, the DaVinci, the Grande Complication, the Ingenieur, the Pilot’s Watch, the Portofino, and the Portguese---Ask any watch collector which Swiss Manufacturer is best known for designing pilot’s watches and they will immediately answer "IWC." Since the early 1930’s IWC has been producing the world’s finest and most durable pilot’s watches. They produced the first Big Pilot’s watch in 1936 and then quickly expanded the Pilot’s Watch line to include the Double Chronograph, the Chronograph Automatic, the Mark XV, the Spitfire Double Chronograph, the Spitfire Chronograph Automatic, the Spitfire UTC, and the Spitfire Mark XV...
The featured watch describe is a Swiss made IWC Portuguese Split Second Chronograph Rattrapante IW3712-02, in polished Stainless Steel round shaped case measuring 41mm diameter. (Soft-iron inner case to protect against magnetic fields). Fixed Stainless steel bezel. Hand wound chronograph movement, power reserve up to ± 44 hours. Displays a Silver – tone dial with applied Arabic numerals markers, gold-tone Feuille shaped hands, indexes, minute track at outer rim. Split second chronograph. Small seconds at 6 o’clock, 30minute recorder at 12 o’clock. Pull / push stainless steel crown, pushers. Scratch Resistant Sapphire crystal, solid caseback. Brown Alligator/Crocodile leather strap with IWC stainless steel Tang Buckle. Water resistant to 30m / 99 ft. Display signed " IWC ", Caseback inscribe & numbered, Movement signed & concealed...
Functions: Hour, minutes, seconds, Split second chronograph. Manual Winding movement, IWC cal 76240- 27 jewels, power reserve up to ± 44 hours. Sapphire crystal, solid caseback. Leather strap with stainless steel Tang Buckle. Water resistant to 30m / 99 ft. (unsuitable for prolonged contact with water e.g. swimming, bathing)...
Personal Note-- LNIB, Comes with Box and Papers, as seen in photos... IWC Portuguese Split Second Chronograph Rattrapante IW3712-02, in polished Stainless Steel round shaped case. (Soft-iron inner case to protect against magnetic fields). This watch is extraordinarily well made and designed. IWC makes outstanding fine quality timepieces, which are elegant, classy and sophisticated. I personally love the pure and simple design of the dial. The dial is stunning and easy to read. The appliqués on the dial as well as the hands are finished with a gold tone coating ensuring outstanding legibility. The central chronograph hand shows recorded times elapsed minutes while the small gold tone hand in the subdial at “6 o’clock” shows seconds and minutes at 12 o’clock. The watch has an integrated split second function. This watch is powered with the IWC 76240 calibre. It gives the watch a power reserve of up to +/- 44 hours. Great watch. Great company.. I love function specific watches...
IWC...“Rattrapante - a chronograph with two centre seconds hands, the extra hand runs concurrently with the main chronograph hand but can be stopped independently then made to catch up with the running chronograph. Thus called the "Split Seconds hand" which refers to two hands.”...
IWC... Sporty... Brown Alligator/Crocodile leather strap with IWC stainless steel Tang Buckle...
IWC... Movement... Manual winding movement, cal 76240. 27 jewels, 28.800 A/h, (based ETA 7750).. Rattrapante movement based on Valjoux 7750/ 7760. Rattrapante module developed by Richard Habring for IWC. chronograph movement with cumulative timing, minute counter, split-seconds mechanism for recording intermediate times or a second time...
IWC... Comes in Box set with Papers, as seen in photos...
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