Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 442

MINERVA PHOEBUS CHRONOGRAPH VINTAGE CALIBER 72 MOVEMENT LIMITED EDITION YELLOW GOLD Minerva, "Phoebus - Serie Limitee", No. 4/80, case No. 730946, Ref. C722. Made in a limited edition of 80 pieces, sold in December 2001. Fine, 18K yellow gold, water-resistant wristwatch with oval-button chronograph, registers, vintage Valjoux caliber 72 movement and an 18K yellow gold Minerva buckle. Accompanied by a Minerva fitted box, guarantee and booklet.

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

HKD 16,000 - 33,000 / USD 2,100 - 4,300

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 4,000

Three-body, polished and brushed, curved bezel, the band chased with a repeated laurel-leaf decoration, concave lugs, snap- on back, sapphire crystal. White with applied yellow gold indexes and Breguet 12, outer minutes and fifths of a second divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Yellow gold feuille hands. Cal. 72, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, index regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial and case signed. DIAM. 37 mm. THICKNESS 12.5 mm. This limited edition series was conceived after Minerva's purchase of 80 of the famous caliber 72 movements from the 1960s from a neighboring factory that was closing down. These movements were then incorporated into the new specially designed gold case with white dial and released as a limited edition. To be sold without reserve