Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2013

LOT 256

ANGELUS CHRONODATO TRIPLE DATE CHRONOGRAPH YELLOW GOLD Angelus, case No. 65331. Made in the 1940s. Fine, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and triple date calendar.

Three-body, polished and brushed, fluted lugs, snap-on case back. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and pyramid indexes, subsidiary guilloche seconds and 45-minute register dials, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-seconds Arabic markers and graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week at 6 and the months at 12. Yellow gold feuille hands. Cal. 14''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed.