Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 16, 2014
LOT 243
MINERVA SINGLE BUTTON SQUARE CHRONOGRAPH Minerva, case No. 438277. Made in the 1940's. Fine, cushion-shaped, 14K yellow gold wristwatch with single-button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter.
CHF 2,500 - 4,500
HKD 21,000 - 37,000 / USD 2,600 - 4,800
Three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back. Black with painted arabic and baton numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30 minute register, outer minute/seconds division with every five Arabic numerals, inner tachometer scale, outermost telemeter scale. Baton hands. Rhodium-plated, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Case signed and numbered.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |