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Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

LOT 243

Universal Genève, "Tri-Compax". Produced circa 1945. Fine, astronomic, stainless steel "Enversteel" gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, triple date and moon phases.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with radium-coated Arabic numerals and dot indexes, subsidiarydials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer scale, graduation for the days of the month concentric tothe moon phase aperture, apertures for the days of the week and the month. Radium-coated "Lozenge" hands. M. Cal. 481, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case andmovement signed.Diam. 35 mm. Height 13 mm.