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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006
Pink Gold "Aéro-Compax" Universal Genève "Aéro-Compax". Made in the 1940s. Fine, 18K pink gold, aviator wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, memento dial, two crowns and an 18K yellow gold Universal buckle.
C. Three-body, polished, tapered lugs, winding crown at 9 for adjusting the memento dial. D. Brushed silver with luminous Arabic numerals, outer minutes and fifths of a second track with Arabic five-minutes/seconds numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers and the memento in 12 hours, outer tachometer scale. Luminous blued steel "lozenge" hands. M. Cal. 287, frosted gilt, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-7-15-01 |
Good Oxidized Slightly rusted HANDS Original |