Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 226

UNIVERSAL re f.22403 AÉRO-COMPAX STEEL Universal, Genève, ?Aéro-Compax?, case No. 1206334, Ref. 22403. Made in the 1950s. Fine, stainless steel aviator wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, memento dial and two crowns.

HKD 18,000 - 25,000

USD 2,300 - 3,200 / CHF 2,100 - 3,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed , lapidated lugs, winding crown at 9 for adjusting the memento dial, snap on case back.
D. Matte silver with luminous baton indexes, outer minutes and seconds track with every Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers and the memento in 12 hours, outer tachometer scale. Luminous blued steel baton hands.
M. Cal. 287, frosted gilt, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-53-05

Good

Reprinted

HANDS Luminous material reapplied