Universal, Geneve. A rare 18k yellow gold chronograph wristwatch with pulsations scale Y
Medico-Compax, Ref.124103, Case No.1434398, made in the late 1940s
£2,268
Auction: 21 November 2024 from 14:00 GMT
Description
Cal.285 mechanical manual movement, silvered dial with applied dagger and numeral indexes, subsidiary dials for seconds and 45 minute register, outer blue pulsations scale, gilt leaf hands, blued steel chronograph seconds hand, 18k yellow gold case with rectangular chronograph buttons, smooth bezel. Case, dial and movement signed.
Dimensions
Diameter 38mm.
Footnote
The significantly rarer Medico-Compax uses the same model reference as the more common Uni-Compax model with a 45 minute register, yet instead of a tachometer scale, the dial has a base 15 pulsations scale to measure a heart rate. Released in 1945, this example, without shock-protection, would have been an early production model.
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