Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 11

Universal Genève, "Tri-Compax", Ref. 12266. Produced in the 1940s. Fine, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, triple date calendar and moon phases.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary dials for the date, the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation,apertures for the days of the week, the months, and the moon phases. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 481, gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.