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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 578

Yellow Gold "Tri-Compax" Universal, Genève, "Tri-Compax", case No. 330194. Made circa 1950. Very fine and rare, large, astronomic, water-resistant, 14K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with roundbutton chronograph, registers, triple date, moon phases, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold linen-textured bracelet.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, inclined bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer minutes and 1/5th seconds divisions, outermost tachometer graduated to 1000 unite/hour. Subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the date around the moon phase aperture, apertures for the days of the week and the months. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 281, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of an Swiss Gentleman