Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 11, 2012
LOT 549
MAUBOUSSIN DESK COMPENDIUM Mauboussin, (Paris), Swiss. Made circa 1940. Fine and rare, 8-day going, revolving chromed and burrwalnut desk compendium with triple-date calendar, barometer, thermometer and compass.
CHF 3,000 - 5,000
USD 3,200 - 5,300 / EUR 2,500 - 4,200
C. Three-body, cube-form, chromed, fl at and inclined brass bezels, compass on the top, the sides with dials for the barometer and thermometer, calendar with engraved days of the month and apertures for the days of the week and the months, revolving on a stepped and inclined square base. D. Matte silvered with painted Paris numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel hands. M. Cal. 19???, rhodium-plated, fausses-cotes decoration,15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed Mauboussin. Dim. 10 x 11 x 11 cm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 4-7-29 |
Fair Oxidized Lacking elements |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-8-01 |
Good Slightly scratched HANDS Original |