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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006
LOT 170
Yellow Gold "Aéro-Compax" Universal Genève "Aéro- Compax". Made in the 1940s. Fine, 18K yellow 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 4,130
C. Three-body, polished, concave 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 blue painted tachometer scale. Luminous blued steel "lozenge" hands. M. Cal. 283, rhodiumplated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |