Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 75

Universal Pink Gold Chronograph Universal, Geneve, ?Chronograph?, case No. 28316. Made circa 1950. Fine, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a gold-plated Universal buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, inverted bezel, lapidated lugs, snap-on case back. D. Silver with applied baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer minute/second divisions, outermost tachometer scale. Blued steel feuille hands. M. Cal 285, frosted gilt, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 13 mm.