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Excelsior Park. An unusual oversized stainless steel single button chronograph wristwatch with two-tone silvered dial and patented spare parts compartment
Lot 142

Excelsior Park. An unusual oversized stainless steel single button chronograph wristwatch with two-tone silvered dial and patented spare parts compartment

SIGNED EXCELSIOR PARK, SWISS, CASE NO. 1899768, CIRCA 1950

Closed14 May 2012

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Excelsior Park. An unusual oversized stainless steel single button chronograph wristwatch with two-tone silvered dial and patented spare parts compartment
Signed Excelsior Park, Swiss, case no. 1899768, circa 1950
Cal. 17''' mechanical jewelled movement with patented spare parts compartment under a bridge, two-tone silvered dial, Arabic numerals, outer railway five minute divisions, two subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30 minutes register, large circular case, snap on back, case and dial signed
46 mm. diam.

Specialist note

The present watch is preserved in close to new old stock condition. It is furthermore fitted with a spare parts compartment incorporated into the movement, patented by Excelsior Park on 24 May 1922, becoming a distinctive mark for the manufacture.