Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 179

Pink Gold Chronograph Zenith, ?El Primero,? Automatic, No. 391/750, Ref. 17.0500.400. Made in a limited edition of 750 pieces in 1997. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers and tachometer. Accompanied by a fitted box, guarantee and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, transparent case back, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied pink gold Arabic numerals, dart indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer and concentric tachometer graduations, 1/5th seconds track, most outer telemeter scale. Luminous pink gold épée hands. M. Cal. 400, rhodium plated, 31 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.