$2,530
"Aéro-Compax" Universal Genève "Aéro-Compax". No. 210907, case No. 1005135. Made in the 1940 's. Fine, stainless steel "Enversteel", water-resistant, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, memento dial and two crowns. Three-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, winding crown at 9 for adjusting the memento dial. Mattesilver with gilt Arabic numerals, outer minutes and fifths of a second track with Arabic ten minutes/secondsnumerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers and the memento in 12 hours,outer blue painted graduation from 1-20. Blued steel "feuille" hands. Cal. 287, frosted gilt, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, index regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes Although the dial of this watch is signed "Compax", the model is "Aero-Compax".
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-06-15