$1,840
Minerva, No. 147462, Ref. 104, made in 1940. Very rare and fine, stainless steel military wristwatch with round button, split-second, back and forth retrograde chronograph and register, with two pairs of wire lugs. three body, polished, satine, lobed graduated bezel, four lugs. black with radium-coated Arabic numerals for 60 minutes, auxiliary 15 minutes register dial on the 12, the arrow on the outer graduation in fifth of second can be set by turning the bezel. "Lozenge " and "Baton " blued steel and gold hands. Notes This chronograph is a rare version of a split-second chronograph with hands running either forward or backward. It was used by Air Forces to calculate the elapsed time for throwing bombs.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-05-13
