Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 171

Yellow Gold "Compax" Universal Genève, "Compax", Ref. 52215. Made in the 1940s. Fine and rare, 14K yellow gold, waterresistant, aviator wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer.

C. Two-body, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with luminous Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds scale and tachometer graduation, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous blued steel "lozenge" hands. M. Cal. 281, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
To be sold without reserve