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Lot 273

Universal. An oversized and rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with two-tone silvered dial

SIGNED UNIVERSAL, GENEVE, COMPAX, REF. 22430, MOVEMENT NO. 260'403, CASE NO. 1'193'790, MANUFACTURED IN 1945

Closed10 May 2010

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Universal. An oversized and rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with two-tone silvered dial
Signed Universal, Geneve, Compax, ref. 22430, movement no. 260'403, case no. 1'193'790, manufactured in 1945
Cal. 292 nickel-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, two-tone silvered dial, Arabic numerals, luminous hands, outer five minute divisions and blue tachymetre scale, three engine-turned subsidiary dials for constant seconds, 30 minutes and 12 hours registers, large circular case, angular lugs, snap on back, two rectangular chronograph buttons in the band, case, dial and movement signed
46 mm. diam.

Specialist note

According to the Archives of Montres Universal Genève, the present watch was manufactured in 1945.