Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2014

LOT 174

MINERVA SINGLE-BUTTON CHRONOGRAPH ENAMEL DIAL YELLOW GOLD-PLATED Minerva, Villeret, Suisse, movement No. 1418589, case No. 366877. Made circa 1930. Fine and rare, large, 18K yellow gold-plated wristwatch with single- button chronograph, register and tachometer.

USD 3,500 - 5,500

HKD 27,000 - 43,000 / CHF 3,300 - 5,300

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: USD 3,375

Three-body, polished, curved bezel, curved lugs with fixed wire bars, olive-shaped button at 2 for the start/stop and return-to-zero functions of the chronograph, hinged back. White enamel with black Arabic numerals, outer minutes and fifths of a second divisions, outer red and blue tachometer scale, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute registers. Blued steel Breguet hands. 17 ''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-24-70-01

Good

Slightly chipped

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairline

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 45.5 mm. THICKNESS 14.5 mm. To be sold without reserve