Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2013

LOT 116

UNIVERSAL CHRONOGRAPH SQUARE YELLOW GOLD Universal, Geneve, case No. 1036606. Made in the 1940s. Fine and rare, square, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph and register.

USD 2,500 - 3,500

HKD 19,000 - 27,000 / CHF 2,400 - 3,300

Two-body, polished and brushed, straight lugs, snap-on case back. Black with printed baton indexes, concentric minute/seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Pink gold dauphine hands. Cal. 289, gilt brass, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3-8**

Good

Slightly scratched

Repair required, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-53-01

Good

Reprinted

HANDS Original

Notes

DIM. 26 x 26 mm. THICKNESS 10 mm.