Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 08, 2014
LOT 508
UNIVERSAL EXTRA-LARGE CHRONOGRAPH Universal "Chrono Oversized". Ref. 31253, case No. 1542964. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and unusual, oversized, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, telemeter and tachometer.
CHF 8,000 - 12,000
HKD 66,000 - 100,000 / USD 8,500 - 13,000
Sold: CHF 10,000
Three-body, solid, inclined bezel, polished, lapidated lugs, snap-on case back. Matte black with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer and telemeter graduations. Luminous blued steel skeleton hands. Cal. 287, gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-8-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched HANDS Original |