Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 271

Yellow Gold "Tri-Compax" Universal, Genève, "Tri-Compax," Ref. 330.194. Made in the 1950s. Fine and rare, astronomic, water-resistant, 14K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, triple date, tachometer and moon phases.

C. Three-body, polished, inclined bezel, lapidated concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, outer tachometer graduation, 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 months. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 281, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.