Collector’s Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Mar 13, 2002

LOT 45

Universal Genève, ?Tri-Compax?, Ref. 12553. Produced circa 1945. Fine, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, triple date, moon phases, and an 18K yellow gold articulated bracelet.

C. two-body, polished and brushed, triangular lugs. D. matte silver with applied gold indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30-minute registers and the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. ?Epée? blued steel hands. M. Cal. 287, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, lever escape-ment, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm.