Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 10, 2013
LOT 244
UNIVERSAL TRI-COMPAX DAY-DATE Universal, Genève, "Tri-Compax". Made in the 1960s. Very fine, stainless steel, water-resistant, wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer bezel, triple date and moon phases.
CHF 2,000 - 4,000
HKD 16,000 - 33,000 / USD 2,100 - 4,300
Sold: CHF 3,000
Three-body, polished, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 500 units, screwed-down case back, curved lugs. Matte black and white with applied luminous steel indexes, outer white minutes and fifths of a seconds divisions, guilloché subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers and the date, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Luminous white tapered hands. Cal. 281, rhodiumplated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3-6* |
Good Slightly oxidized Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |