100 Years of Wristwatches

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 19, 2000

LOT 126

Universal Genève, 'Aéro-compax', 1940's.Fine aviator stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer,mnemonic dial and two crowns.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, lapidated concave lugs, inscribed back. D. matte silver with painted Arabicnumerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers and manually adjustablemnemonic 12-hour dial, outer tachometer graduation. 'Lozenge' radium-coated hands. M. Cal. 285, gilt brass, 17jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. The winding-crownon the 9 is for setting the second time-zone.Dial, case, and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.