Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 559

Compax 1950 Universal Geneève, ?Compax 1950?, No. 181, case No. 4093534, Ref. 484.440. Made in a limited series of 500 examples in 1992. Fine and rare, 18K pink goldwristwatchwith round button chronograph, registers and a gold plated Universal buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed down crown, flat bezel, lyre lugs, snap-on case back. D. Black with applied pink gold faceted baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour register, outer minute/seconds division. Pink gold dauphine hands.M. Cal. 1874, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to three positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 14 mm.