Number:
1820
Manufacturer:
Breitling
Country:
Switzerland
Model:
Compax Chronograph
Year:
around 1980
Reference:
884.485
Movement:
UG 84 / Lemania 1873
Body Diameter:
37 mm
Height:
14 mm
Face:
Lugs:
18 mm
Condition:
Good condition
Remarks:
2-part, screwed stainless steel case with 2 round chronograph pushers and screwed winding crown. The original hand-wound movement from Lemania Cal. 1873, 17 jewels comes with shock protection and is in perfect condition. The silver-plated dial is perfectly preserved. Outside with printed minute track, the hour indices are wedge-shaped and gold-plated, gold-plated Dauphine hands from the center for hours and minutes, filled, and central chronograph hand. The signature at 12, the watch bears the minute counter with a dark blue background at 3, the hour counter at 6 and the constantly running second at 9, all with a blue background. The outside of the bezel also has a blue background and has a tachymeter scale .. The watch is equipped with a plastic glass, without scratches. The watch comes with a brand new leather strap with a shark embossing from Rios, with the original stainless steel pin buckle from Universal.
Price:
see eBay auction
Description:
Universal Geneva is one of the major Swiss manufacturers that can look back on a long tradition of manufacturing wrist chronographs. Our piece from the 1980s is formally based on the classic chronographs of the 1960s, in the design the bright blue paired with the warm gold of the hands and indices on the white of the dial stand out as a very tasteful combination. Technically, the watch is of the very highest quality, the Lemania movement is in perfect condition. Overall, there are hardly any signs of wear and the watch is a real ornament for your wrist.
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