Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 435

MINERVA SINGLE-BUTTON CHRONOGRAPH BLACK DIAL STAINLESS STEEL Minerva, Swiss, movement No. 1355393, case No. 895282. Made circa 1940. Fine and rare, large, stainless steel wristwatch with single-button chronograph and register.

CHF 1,500 - 3,500

HKD 12,500 - 29,000 / USD 1,600 - 3,700

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 2,375

Three-body, polished, inclined bezel, concave lugs, co-axial button in the crown for the start/stop and return-to-zero functions of the chronograph, snap-on back. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, outer minutes and fifths of a second divisions, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute registers. Luminous white skeleton hands. 18 ''', rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-8-01

Good

Slightly scratched

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial signed, case numbered. DIAM. 46 mm. THICKNESS 15 mm. To be sold without reserve