Hong Kong, Nov 25, 2022

LOT 57

ECTUS
ART DECO SINGLE-BUTTON CHRONOGRAPH, MINUTE COUNTER, TWO-TONE SILVER DIAL, MOBILE LUGS, CALIBRE VALJOUX “MONOPOUSSOIR”; STAINLESS STEEL

HKD 15,900 - 31,800

EUR 2,100 - 4,100 / CHF 2,000 - 4,000 / USD 2,100 - 4,100

Stainless steel, manual-winding, round-shaped, Art Deco gentleman’s wristwatch, snap-on case-back, mobile lugs, two-tone silver dial with suspended Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds at 9 and two horological complications:
· 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the single olive-shaped push-piece located on the case-band at 2 o’clock) with telemetric scale graduated for a kilometre, and, in the centre, graduated in an Archimedean spiral for 360 units per hour
· Half-instantaneous 45-minute recorder (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock)


Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Ectus, Switzerland

Year circa 1930

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 11 242

Material stainless steel

Bracelet brown leather strap

Buckle stainless steel buckle

Diameter 36 mm.

Caliber 14’’’ (based on Valjoux “monopoussoir” by Reymond Frères, Les Bioux, Vallée de Joux)

Weight 47.5 gr. (approx.)

Signature dial