Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 12

"Tri-Compax" Universal Genève, "Tri-Compax". Made in the 1950s. Fine, astronomic, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, triple date and moon phases.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 500 units, lapidated lugs. D. Bi-color matte silver and black with painted bâton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Luminous steel "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 281, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.