Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 382

Silver Cushion Case Zenith. Movement No.2001129. Made in the 1930s. An unusual sterling silver cushion-cased wristwatch with enamel dial and red twelve. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished, cushion form with snap-on-back, fixed down-turned wire lugs, copper-coated winding crown. D. White enamel with black skeleton Arabic numerals and red 12, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel painted skeleton hands. M. 28 mm, rhodium-plated with oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut and compensated bi-mettalic balance balance with 3 adjustments, blued steel self-compensating Breguet hairsping, cam regulation. Dial and movement signed, case signed Fahys. Dim 32 mm x 32 mm.