MINERVA

MINERVA
Doctor's Watch
No. 322450
Circa 1930
18k (750) yellow gold single-pusher wrist chronograph with enamel dial and pulsometer
Case: cushion-shaped, snap-lock caseback, single push-button, signed and numbered
Dial: white enamel with stylized Arabic numerals, two counters for 30-minute and seconds indications, 1/5 second minute track and pulsometer scale, signed
Movement: mechanical, signed
Size: 32 x 32 mm
Gross weight 35.90 g
With: case signed O. Markes Basel

This type of watch is quite rare in the world of chronographs, and few examples from this period are known to date with this single-pusher chronograph function on an enamel dial. Our example, which can also be described as a Doctor's Watch, was intended at the time for doctors to take their patient's blood pressure using this pulsometer scale on the dial.

A 18k yellow gold single button chronograph by Minerva with enamel dial and pulsometer scale

Condition report given as an indication:
Sold as is, without warranty
Traces of wear and tear visible throughout,
Movement works intermittently, need complete overhaul
Chronograph function to be reviewed

Condition report given as an indication :
Sold as is, without warranty
Signs of wear from use visible throughout
Movement is slightly ticking and plan for a complete overhaul
The chronograph function is to be fixed