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WITTNAUER, Geneve, Automatic, very rare, stainless steel wristwatch with date and two crowns. Made in the 1960's.
Description
WITTNAUER, Geneve, Automatic, very rare, stainless steel wristwatch with date and two crowns. Made in the 1960's.
CASE: Two-body, polished and brushed, with curved lugs, screwed-down case back.DIAL: Black with luminous baton indexes and Arabic numerals, outer minutes/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous baton hands.MOVEMENT: Cal. C11KAS 1, brushed decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Inside case back engraved “Super-Compressor” with patent numbers and the bust of a diver. Dial, case and movement signed, in good conditionDIAM: 36.5 mm. THICKNESS: 13.5 mm.NOTE: It is very rare to find a Wittnauer Super-Compressor with the original crystal featuring the inverted Cyclops date magnifier.
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Watches and Pocket Watches
tue 24 May 2016
Milan
SINGLE SESSION 24/05/2016 Hours 15:00