Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011

LOT 34

Universal Tri- Compax Universal Genève, "Tri-Compax", No. 1804357, Ref. 22279/3. Made in the 1960s. Fine, astronomic, stainless steel, water-resistant wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, triple date and moon phases. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished, inclined bezel, screweddown case back, lapidated lugs, date adjusters in the band. D. Satine silver with applied steel dart indexes, outer 1/5th second track and tachometer graduation to 300 km/h, sunk guilloché subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, graduation for the date around the moon phase aperture, apertures for the days of the week and the month. Luminous steel dauphine hands. M. Cal. 481, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10 mm.