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Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2008
LOT 384
Pour Hermès Universal, Genève, case No. 605738. Made for Hermès circa 1935. Very fine and extremely rare 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, telemeter and tachometer.
HKD 85,000 - 100,000
USD 11,000 - 13,000 / EUR 7,000 - 8,000
C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, flat large bezel, snapon case back. D. Black with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and dart indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 45 minute registers, inner minute/seconds track, outer telemeter scale, outermost tachometer scale. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 285, gilt, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3-9* |
Good Scratched Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |