Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...
New York, Dec 01, 2004
LOT 4
Universal Geneve, "Tri-Compax". Produced in the 1960s. Fine, astronomic, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, black bezel, triple-date and moon phases, with a stainless steel Universal buckle.
USD 4,000 - 5,000
EUR 3,000 - 4,000
C. Three-body, polished, screwed-down case back, lapidated twisted lugs, tachometer graduation on the black bezel. D. Black and beige with applied steel indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week and the months in red writing, and for the moon phases. Tritium-coated "stylized" white hands. M. 13''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm. Height 13 mm.
