Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 63

Port Royal V El Primero Zenith, ?Port-Royal V, El Primero Automatic Chronograph,? Ref. 03.0550.400. Made circa 2000. Fine, rectangular, curved, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, square button chronograph, registers and a stainless steel Zenith double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and instruction manual.

C. Two-body, polished, lapidated sides and lugs, transparent case back with 4 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Textured with painted radial Arabic numerals and applied faceted dart indexes, luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer graduation, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Luminous steel epee hands. M. Cal. 400, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 36 x 51 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Property of an East Coast collector