Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 175

?Rainbow Chronograph? Zenith, ?Rainbow - El Primero ? Automatic?, Ref. 01.02.0461.400. Made in the 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer, telemeter, date and a stainless steel Zenith link bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished, inclined bezel with engraved tachometer graduated to 400 UPH, straight lugs, case back engraved with the ?Rainbow? logo, screwed-down winding crown and buttons, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone silver with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots on a guilloche reserve, outer telemeter graduations, minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary ?guilloché? dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, date aperture between 4 and 5. Luminous steel ?alpha? hands. M. Cal. 400 Z, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm.