Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2014

LOT 175

MINERVA SINGLE-BUTTON CHRONOGRAPH ENAMEL DIAL CHROME Minerva, Swiss, case No. 340240. Made circa 1930. Fine, large, chromed wristwatch with single-button chronograph, register and tachometer.

USD 1,800 - 2,800

HKD 14,000 - 22,000 / CHF 1,700 - 2,700

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: USD 2,125

Three-body, polished, steel inclined 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, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-12

Good

Worn

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-70-01

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairline

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial signed. DIAM. 41.5 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm. To be sold without reserve