Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 166

Yellow Gold "Tri-Compax" Universal Genève, "Tri-Compax". Made in the 1950s. Very fine and rare, astronomic, waterresistant, 14K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, triple-date, moon phases, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold buckle.

C. Two-body, polished, inclined bezel, concave lugs, screwed-down case back with engraved initials. D. Matte and "guilloché" silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minutes and fifths of seconds graduation, graduation for the date, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases, outer tachometer scale. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Caliber 281, 13''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.