Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 11, 2014
LOT 153
MINERVA, OVERSIZED SINGLE BUTTON CHRONOGRAPH, BLACK DIAL Minerva, case No. 672204. Made in the 1940s. Fine and rare, oversized, stainless steel wristwatch, with single button chronograph, register, telemeter and tachometer.
CHF 5,500 - 8,500
HKD 45,000 - 75,000 / USD 6,300 - 9,700
Sold: CHF 6,875
Three-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, inclined bezel, snap-on case back. Matte black with applied luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute and 1/5th second/ minute divisions with 5 minute Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for seconds and 30 minute register, outermost telemeter scale, inner concentric tachometer scale. Luminous white cathedral hands. 17 1/2''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 2 |
Very good |
Dial: 3-8-55-01-05 |
Good Slightly scratched Luminous material reapplied HANDS Original HANDS Luminous material reapplied |