The Collection of a European Nobleman

Geneva, May 11, 2008

LOT 390

Defy Xtreme Titanium Power-Reserve Zenith, ?Defy Xtreme High Pressure Resistant Power- Reserve, 1000M Elite?, Ref. 96.0515.685. Sold on January 15, 2007. Fine, large, self-winding, high-pressure water-resistant, black titanium wristwatch with date, power reserve indication, and a brushed stainless steel Zenith link bracelet with textured Kevlar center pieces and concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Zenith booklet. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, black carbon-finished, graduated unidirectional revolving black bezel with titanium star and baton markers, concave lugs, screwed-down case back, screwed-down winding crown protected by a cage, helium escape valve at 10 o?clock, anti-reflective sapphire crystal. D. Silvered with brushed and oeilde- perdrix decoration, carbon-fiber center, outer minute divisions, alloy-wheel form subsidiary dial for the seconds, carbon-fiber power-reserve sector, aperture for the date with cyclops lens. Skeletonized baton hands with red luminous panels. M. Cal. Elite 685 SX, rhodium-plated, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, balance cock, reverser and going train bridge made from a special shock-absorbing alloy (Zenithium), oscillating weight with carbon-fiber inserts. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 17 mm. Approximate overall length 175 mm.