$5,000
Universal Tri- Compax Universal Genève, "Tri-Compax. " Made in the 1960s. Fine, astronomic, stainless steel, water-resistant wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, triple date and moon phases. Two-body, polished, inclined bezel, screwed-down case back, lapidated lugs, date adjusters in the band. Satine silver with applied steel baton indexes, outer 1/5th second track and tachometer graduation to 1000 UPH, sunk 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 steel dauphine hands. Cal. 281, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-09-15
