Lot 109
IWC. A very rare 18k gold quartz bracelet watch with Crowned Coat of Oman dial
Ingenieur SL Quartz, 'Jumbo' Ref.9701, Case No.2280430, Movement No.2364798, made circa 1985
Auction: 20 November 2025 from 14:00 GMT
Description
Cal.2250 quartz 7 jewel movement, black waffle dial with applied gold baton and tritium markers, date aperture, red Oman Khanjar emblem with crown above, date aperture, gold/tritium baton hands, 18k yellow gold case with screw-down reverse signed and numbered to the inside, inner antimagnetic cover, screw-down crown, screw-down bezel, on fitted 18k yellow gold IWC bracelet with 18k white gold IWC folding clasp. Case, dial and movement signed.
Dimensions
Diameter 40mm, approx. bracelet size 185mm.
Footnote
The identical model with case number 2280427, also featuring a black dial and crowned Oman crest, was sold by Antiquorum Geneva in 2015.
Qaboos bin Said Al Said (1940-2020) was Sultan of Oman from 1970 until his death in January 2020. He was a fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the Al Bu Said dynasty. Educated in England, Sultan Qaboos became a passionate watch collector, photographs show him wearing an IWC Compass amongst other watches. Not long after taking power, he collaborated with many watch companies commissioning special dials adorned with the Omani Khanjar royal crest, including Rolex, Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet. The examples made for IWC include the Yacht Club, IWC Porsche and most notably the Ingenieur.
These special commissions feature the Omani Khanjar, a traditional dagger which originated in Oman, and forms part of the Omani royal crest and the county's flag. These rare watches were never for retail. Instead they were only gifted to visiting dignitaries or an individual who distinguished themselves in the service of the Sultanate, including SAS troops.
This particular model, the Ingenieur SL Quartz Reference 9701 in gold, is understood to have been produced in just a few dozen units in the early 1980s and is considered extremely rare and highly sought after.