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