Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 14

Universal Steel Aero-Compax Chronograph Universal, Genève, ?Aero-Compax.? Made in the 1960s. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished, screwed-down case back, lapidated lugs. D. Matte silver with applied black Arabic numerals and luminous dots, outer 1/5th second and tachometer graduation, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers. Luminous blued steel dauphine hands. M. Cal. 130, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.