Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 82

Certina, Ref. 5826. Cased by Elgin Illinois, produced in a very few examples at the end of the 1940's.Rare stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, coaxial split-seconds registers and tachometer.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, overhanging teardrop lugs. D. matte silver with radium-coated Arabic numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer tachometer graduation. "Bâton" radium-coated hands. M. Cal. EA 31-061, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement,, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, the coaxial single button on the winding-crown is for stop and reunite of the split-second hand.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.