Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 10, 2015
LOT 356
MINERVA REF 1335 WATERPROOF CHRONOGRAPH BLACK DIAL Minerva, Suisse, "Waterproof, Shock Absorber", case No. 711392, Ref. 1335. Made in the 1940s. Fine, stainless steel waterproof wristwatch with chronograph, registers and tachometer with an unsigned stainless steel bracelet.
CHF 4,500 - 6,500
HKD 36,000 - 53,000 / USD 4,700 - 6,800
Two-body, polished, stepped bezel, fluted concave lugs, screw-down caseback. Two-tone black and champagne with luminous arabic numerals, outer minutes and fifths of a second divisions, outer tachometer scale, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute registers. Luminous hands. 14 ½ ```, matte gilt, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-8-01 |
Very good Slightly scratched HANDS Original |