Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 174

Stainless Steel "Tri- Compax" Universal Genève, "Tri-Compax". Made in the 1970s. Very fine, astronomic, stainless steel, water-resistant, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, triple date, moon phases and a stainless steel Universal buckle.

C. Three-body, polished, curved bezel, screwed-down case back, curved lugs. D. Matte silver with luminous bâton indexes, outer minutes and fifths of a second track, silver guilloché subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, graduation for the date around the moon phase aperture, apertures for the days of the week and the month. Luminous "tapered" hands. M. Cal. 281, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.