Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 37

"Compax" Universal Genève, "Compax", Ref. 22295. Made in the 1950s. Fine and rare, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer

C. Two-body, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied steel bâton indexes, Arabic 12 and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds scale and tachometer graduation, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers. Radium-coated steel "alpha" hands. M. Cal. 281, rhodiumplated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm.