Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Nov 27, 2016
LOT 241
UNIVERSAL REF 12514 COMPAX PINK GOLD Universal, Geneve, "Compax Chronograph", Ref. 12514. Made in the 1950s. Fine 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers and tachometer.
HKD 28,000 - 45,000
USD 3,600 - 5,800 / CHF 3,560 - 5,740
Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, snap-on case back. Champagne with applied pyramidal indexes, outer 1/5th seconds scale with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers and tachometer graduation to 1000 UPH, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Pink gold baton hands. Cal. 287, gilt brass, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator.
Notes
Dial, case and movement signed.
DIAM. 36.5 mm. THICKNESS 12.5 mm.