Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 251

Zenith, Le Locle, ?Chronomètre?, No. 7139355. Made in the 1980s. Fine, brass-bound cherrywood, 2-day going marine lever chronometer with 48-hour power reserve indicator.

C. Two-tier, folding handles, lock and key, brass bowl and gimbaled suspension. D. Matte silver with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary dials for the seconds and power reserve indication. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? and ?oeil-de-perdrix? decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, 2-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.