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

LOT 168

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.

CHF 3,500 - 5,500

EUR 2,200 - 3,500 / USD 2,800 - 4,700

Sold: CHF 5,900

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.


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Grading System
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