Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 226

Zenith ?V Centenario Do Descobrimento Brasil, 500 Anos?, movement No. 58969, No. 70/75. Made in limited series of 75 examples to celebrate the 500th anniversari of Brazil in 2000. Fine and rare, Art Deco style, rectangular, curved, self-winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with date and an 18K pink gold Zenith buckle. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, straight lugs, engraved case back with 4 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Bi-color, off white and pink, painted black Art Deco Arabic numerals, aperture for the date. Blackened Art Deco hands. M. Cal.684, rhodium-plated, oeil de perdrix, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Dim 31 x 35 mm. Thickness 8 mm.