Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 172

Defy Classic Chrono Aero Zenith, ?Defy Classic Chrono Aero?, El Primero, Automatic. Made in 2006. Fine, oversized, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Zenith link bracelet with textured center pieces and deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and booklet.

C. Two-body, brushed, graduated unidirectional revolving black-anodized bezel, concave lugs, screwed-down transparent case back, screwed-down winding crown and pushbuttons, sapphire crystals. D. Textured silver with applied black Arabic numerals and dart indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and multicolored 30-minute registers, aperture for the date. Skeletonized steel baton hands with luminous tips. M. Cal. 4000 SC, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, chronograph bridge and balance cock made from a special shock-absorbing alloy (Zenithium). Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 47 mm. Thickness 16 mm. Property of Various Owners