Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 258

Universal, Genève, Contax, case No. 607784. Made in the 1940s. Fine, enversteel wristwatch with square button chronograph with registers and tachometer. To be sold without reserve

HKD 8,000 - 14,000

USD 1,100 - 2,000 / EUR 800 - 1,400

Sold: HKD 23,400

C. Three-body, polished, rounded bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back. D. Matte black, steel baton indexes with 12 Arabic, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour registers, outer minute/1/5th seconds track with every 5 minute Arabic numerals, outermost tachometer scale. Steel feuille hands. M. Cal. 285, gilt, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with regulating screws, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-6-8

Good

Slightly oxidized

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3**

Good

Repair required, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-6-9-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

Scratched

HANDS Original