Sale 1647
New York
|
12 April 2006
Price realised
USD 2,400
Estimate
MINERVA. A STAINLESS STEEL TRIPLE CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH Signed Minerva Watch Co., No. VF 712, circa 1955 With gilt-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, glucydur balance, silvered matte dial with Arabic and baton numerals, apertures for day and month below 12 o'clock, three subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour registers, outer date ring, circular water-resistant-type case with stepped bezel, case, dial and movement signed 36mm diam.
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