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UNIVERSAL GENÈVE | REF 39901 RETAILED BY A. CAIRELLI: A PLATED OVERSIZED 30 SECOND WRIST CHRONOGRAPH WITH COUNTDOWN CIRCA 1940

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Lot Closed

April 2, 04:27 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

UNIVERSAL GENÈVE

REF 39901

RETAILED BY A. CAIRELLI: A PLATED OVERSIZED 30 SECOND WRIST CHRONOGRAPH WITH COUNTDOWN CIRCA 1940

Dial: black

Caliber: cal. 19 gilt manual winding jeweled movement

Case: chrome plated base metal, snap on hinged case back

Case number: 740609

Dimensions: 52 mm diameter

Signed: case, dial and movement

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The present lot is a well preserved example of a timer used for bombing missions by the Italian Air Forces and retailed out of the famous A. Cairelli stores in Rome. The scale measures distance in hectometers to allow the bombardier to set the rotatable bezel's arrow to the distance to the target for the countdown function. The 30-second chronograph can then be used to accurately to determine when an explosive would hit the intended target.