Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 14, 2017
UNIVERSAL GENEVE COMPAX REF. 12514 CHRONOGRAPH PINK GOLD Universal Geneve, Compax, Ref. 12566, case No. 1361925. Made in the 1950s. Fine, manual-winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with chronograph and a gold plated buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box.
Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, snap-on case back with dedication inscription. Champagne with applied pyramidal indexes, outer 1/5th seconds scale with tachymeter, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Pink gold baton hands and blued steel chronograph hands. Cal.287, gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with screws, self-compensating over-coiled balance spring, index regulator.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |