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Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

LOT 244

Universal, Genève, Aéro-compax. Produced in the 1950s. Fine, two time-zone, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers and tachometer.

CHF 1,500 - 1,800

EUR 1,000 - 1,200 / USD 1,200 - 1,400

Sold: CHF 4,370

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lapidated concave lugs. D. Matte silver, radium-coated Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute register dials, for the second time zone in 12 hours. Radium-coated "Lozenge" hands. M. Cal. 283, rhodium-plated,17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Winding-crown on the 9for time-setting of the second time-zone. Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 32 mm. Height 11,5 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3 - 6
Movement: 3

Good
Dial: 3 - 5 - 01

Notes

Aéro-Compax The device for measuring time intervals applied to Aéro-Compax models was patented in Switzerland on December 15, 1944 (No. 235608). Similar watches are published in "Universal Genève, 100 ans de Traditions Horlogères" by Italo Bonifacio and Laura Rivolta, p. 64.