Important Collectors’ Wristwatches an...

Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 4

"Medico - Compax" Universal Genève, "Medico - Compax", case No. 1889054. Made in the 1950s. Fine and rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and pulsometer.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded graduated bezel, lapidated lugs. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold bâton indexes and Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds scale and pulsometer graduation for 15 pulsations, "guilloché" subsidiary dials for the seconds and 45- minute register. Pink gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 285, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 12 mm.