Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po...
Geneva, Nov 14, 2009
LOT 13
Monopoussoir Minerva, ?Chronograph?, movement No. 1348534, case No. 291846. Made in the 1940's. Fine and rare, oversized, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with single-button chronograph, register and tachometer.
CHF 7,500 - 11,000
USD 7,500 - 11,000 / EUR 5,000 - 7,500
C. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back. D. Enamel white with painted black Breguet numerals, subsidirary dials for the seconds and the 30 minute register, outer minute/seconds division with every five Arabic numerals, outermost tachometer scale. Blued steel pomme hands. M. 18???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, straight line lever escapement, bi-metallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and case signed, movement numbered. Diam. 45 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |