The Collection of a European Nobleman

Geneva, May 11, 2008

LOT 391

Defy Xtreme Titanium Chronograph Zenith, ?Defy Xtreme High Pressure Resistant Chronograph, 1000M For Xtreme Condition Use, El Primero?, Ref. 96.0525.4000. Sold on January 8, 2007. Fine, large, self-winding, high-pressure water-resistant, black titanium wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, date and a brushed stainless steel Zenith link bracelet with textured Kevlar center pieces and concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by a 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, screwed-down push buttons with carbon-fiber inserts, helium escape valve at 10 o?clock, antireflective sapphire crystal. D. Silvered with brushed and oeil-deperdrix decoration, carbon-fiber center, outer minute divisions, alloy-wheel form subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date with Cyclops lens. Skeletonized rhodium baton hands with red luminous panels. M. Cal. 4000 SX, 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), oscillating weight with carbon-fiber inserts. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm. Thickness 20 mm.