UNIVERSAL GENÈVE TRI-COMPAX REF. 12296, CIRCA 1945 Case: signed, n. 1455621, three-body in 18K gold, snap on caseback, rectangular pushers, correctors on the band. Bracelet/Strap: not original. Dial: signed, silvered, applied arrow indexes, minutes division with 1/5th of seconds fractions, subsidiary dials for small seconds, 30-min and 12-hour registers, apertures for the moon phases, the month and day of the week, indication of the date, tachymeter graduation, dauphine hands. Movement: signed, manual-winding cal. 481, nickel-plated, column wheel, monometallic balance with screws, Breguet hairspring. Accessories: – Diameter Ø: 37 mm Note: working, but a servicing is suggested. TAGS: watch

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