IWC REF. 3714 PORTUGUESE CHRONOGRAPH AUTOMATIC STEEL International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Portuguese Chronograph Automatic", case No. 2697565, Ref. 3714. Made circa 1998. Very fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and a stainless steel IWC buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, instruction booklet, inter-national guarantee, hang tag and booklets. | Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces | Hong Kong, 28th June 2014
IWC REF. 3714 PORTUGUESE CHRONOGRAPH AUTOMATIC STEEL International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Portuguese Chronograph Automatic", case No. 2697565, Ref. 3714. Made circa 1998. Very fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and a stainless steel IWC buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, instruction booklet, inter-national guarantee, hang tag and booklets., Three-body, polished and brushed, overhanging bezel, concave lugs, case back with 4 screws, domed sapphire crystal. Matte black with applied steel Arabic numerals, outer dot minute divisions, outer most 1/5th seconds scale with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Steel feuille hands. Cal. 79240, gilt brass, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism.
