Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 267

Zenith, Le Locle, ?Chronomètre?, No. 7157203. Made in the 1980s. Fine, brass-bound mahogany, two-day going marine lever chronometer with 48-hour power reserve indicator. Accompanied by an original rating certificate.

C. Three-tier with brass protected corners, the middle tier with a brass signed and numbered plaque, folding handles, lock and key, brass bowl and gimballed suspension. D. Matte silver with painted radial Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary seconds and power reserve indication. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Rhodium plated, ?fausses-côtes? and ?oeil-deperdrix? decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, two-arm monometallic balance with screws, self-compensating Breguet balance spring with terminal curves. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. of bowl 88 mm., box 150 x 150 x 142 mm.