Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2013

LOT 115

ETERNA CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Eterna, Swiss, No. 226557, case No. 2493998. Made in the 1950s. Fine, large, stainless steel Staybrite wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers and pulsometer.

USD 1,500 - 2,500

HKD 11,500 - 19,000 / CHF 1,400 - 2,400

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: USD 1,500

Three-body, polished and brushed, snap-on case back, concave lugs. Black with painted gold Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-seconds Arabic markers and pulsometer scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute, and the 12-hour registers. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. Cal. 704, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case, and movement signed.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

DIAM. 38 mm. HEIGHT 15 mm. To be sold without reserve