Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 15, 2015
LOT 156
UNIVERSAL TRI-COMPAX PINK GOLD Universal, Genève, "Tri-Compax", case No. 1455273, Ref. 12296. Made in the late 1940s. Very fine, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, triple date calendar and moon phases.
CHF 3,200 - 4,500
HKD 27,000 - 38,000 / USD 3,500 - 4,900
Sold: CHF 4,250
Three-body, polished, concave lugs, correctors on the band, snap-on back. Matte silver with applied gold dart and dot indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour- and 30- minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Pink gold feuille hands. Cal. 481, 14''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-53-01 |
Very good Reprinted HANDS Original |