Important Watches, Collector's Wrist...

Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2001

LOT 458

Universal Genève "Aéro-Compax". Produced in the 1950 's.Fine, stainless steel, water-resistant, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, memento dial and two crowns.

HKD 20,000 - 23,000

USD 2,500 - 3,000

C. three-body, polished, screwed-down case back, concave lugs. D. matte silver with radium-coated Arabic numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers and the memento in 12 hours, outer tachometer graduation. " Lozenge" radium-coated hands. M. Cal. 285, 13 ''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. The winding-crown on the 9 is for adjusting the hands of the memento dial.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 4

Fair
Movement: 4 - 6*
Dial: 4 - 5 - 6 - 01

Notes

The Aéro-Compax was created and patented on November 6, 1940. It was specially designed for ailrline piLots, with an extra dial for storing times. The hands in the extra dial are totally independent of the central ones, and can be adjusted without causing any interference to them, thanks to an additional crown on the 9.