99th Auction
2019/5/11
Lot 322
Minerva Watch Co., Swiss, "Shock-Absorber", Case No. 678833, Ref. 1335, Cal. Minerva 13.20, 35 mm, circa 1945
A rare vintage wristband chronograph with 30 min. counter and blue tachy scale
Case: steel, screw back. Dial: silvered.
This is a particularly rare chronograph fitted with the antimagnetic Minerva calibre 13.20, which was one of the earliest wristwatch chronograph calibres ever. The calibre was developed in collaboration with chronograph specialists Dubois-Depraz in 1923. At the time it was designed as a single-pusher version before it evolved into a chronograph with two pushers sometime in the 1940s, with either 30- or 45 minute counters.
A rare vintage wristband chronograph with 30 min. counter and blue tachy scale
Case: steel, screw back. Dial: silvered.
This is a particularly rare chronograph fitted with the antimagnetic Minerva calibre 13.20, which was one of the earliest wristwatch chronograph calibres ever. The calibre was developed in collaboration with chronograph specialists Dubois-Depraz in 1923. At the time it was designed as a single-pusher version before it evolved into a chronograph with two pushers sometime in the 1940s, with either 30- or 45 minute counters.
estimated
3.700—5.000 €
Price realized
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