Number:
1870
Manufacturer:
Universal
Country:
Switzerland
Model:
Medico Compax
Year:
around 1950
Reference:
124 118/41
Movement:
Universal Cal. 285
Body Diameter:
35 mm
Height:
12 mm
Face:
Lugs:
20 mm
Condition:
Good condition
Remarks:
slight traces of wear. 2-piece pressed gold case in 18k red gold. The original manufacture movement Cal. 285 comes nickel-plated and is in good condition, chronograph, minute counter are the features. This is a hand-wound movement. The silver-plated dial is in good condition. Outside with printed, blue pulsation scale and minutes, bar-shaped, gold-plated indices and Arabic. Numerals, chronograph central seconds, hour and minute hands, all rose gold plated. The distinctive second hand in blued steel is original. The subdials are recessed, with the minute counter at 3 and the continuous second at 9 o'clock. The dial, the hands and the luminous material are in very good condition and completely original. The 12 o'clock has the riveted company logo and the inscription UNIVERSAL GENEVE, the 6 o'clock SWISS MADE and above it MEDICO COMPAX. A new, brown leather strap and a stainless steel pin buckle, gold-plated in a neutral design, round off the package.
Price:
see eBay auction
Description:
UNIVERSAL GENEVE specialized in wrist chronographs. The Medico Compax model with the pulsation scale was specially designed for pulse measurement, with the international medical community as its clientele. At the time, Universal was producing a series of chronograph models. Interested collectors rarely see the Medico Compax version in a fine red gold case with fine age patina in its original condition.
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