Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 23, 2012

LOT 6

MOVADO REF. 19038, CHRONOGRAPH, STEEL Movado, "Chronograph", case No. A100556, Ref. 19038. Made in the 1940s. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with roundbutton chronograph, registers and tachometer. To be sold without reserve

HKD 16,000 - 24,000

USD 2,000 - 3,000 / EUR 1,600 - 2,300

Sold: HKD 15,000

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped inclined bezel, faceted lugs, screwed-down case back engraved G.R. Quaile, Pittsburgh PA. D. Silver with tritium Arabic numerals, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds minute and chronograph scale, outermost and inner spiral tachometer scale. Tritium coated blue steel baton hands. M. Cal. C 95 M, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-9

Good

Scratched

Movement: 3-6*

Good

Slightly oxidized

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-10-01

Good

Patinated

HANDS Original