Descombes and Perret are at the origin of the Manufacture founded in 1894 in the small Jura town of the Locle.
One of the first advertisements said that the two manufacturers intend to make themselves, boxes, dials, movements and other supplies.
As early as 1930 the firm specialized in the chronograph and offered iconic models such as the Compax, Tri-Compax or Aero-Compax.
The model that interests us is a rare and magnificent chronograph of the Universal Geneva house.
Immortalized by Nina Rindt, wife of the famous car racing driver Jochen Rindt died during a race in Monza in 1970, she carries the model with a moving class.
It is a round steel box with a screwed background 36 minutes in diameter. Tachymmetric epoxy black bezel. Black dial with 3 cream counters, with totalizer of the minutes at 3 a.m., that of the hours at 6 a.m. and permanent second -hand trotting at 9 a.m. Central needle of the red chronograph. Superb steel bracelet signed Universal Geneva. Mechanical movement with manual reassembly.
Here is a very rare example of a historic watch carried by a famous woman in the 1960s.
Today it ensures a unique presence in the world of collection watch.
