Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 176

Stainless Steel "Tri- Compax" Universal Genève, "Tri-Compax". Made in the 1960s. Very fine, astronomic, stainless steel, water-resistant, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer bezel, triple date and moon phases.

C. Three-body, polished, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 500 units, screwed-down case back, curved lugs. D. Bicolor matte black and silver with white painted bâton indexes and luminous dots, outer white minutes and fifths of a seconds divisions, guilloché subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers and the date, 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, shock absorber, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.