Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 08, 2011

LOT 66

UNIVERSAL - STEEL TRI-COMPAX Universal Genève, "Tri-Compax," No. 266827, case No. 1181664, Ref. 22326. Made in the early 1950's. Fine, stainless steel "Enversteel" wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and date.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with luminous round indexes, outer minutes and 1/5th of a seconds track, outermost tachometer graduation, subsidiary dials for the date, seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers. Luminous blued steel feuille hands. M. Cal. 283, frosted gilt, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 13 mm.