Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 139

Zenith ?Bomb Timer? Zenith, ?Chronographe A Retour,? case No. 105792. Made in the 1940s. Fine and rare, oversized, chromium-plated, 1/5th seconds 30-second aviator's wrist timer for bombs with memory index. To be sold without reserve

c. Three-body, bidirectional revolving notched bezel with fixed inner triangle index marker for target timing, hold-button in the band to interrupt timing, co-axial start/stop and reset button in the winding crown, snap-on case back, wire lugs. d. Matte black with 1/5th seconds divisions for 30 seconds per revolution and 5-seconds Arabic markers, inner black Arabic markers from 5 to 40 hm. m. Cal. 319 mm. (18 1/2'''), frosted gilt, 7 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Signed on the bezel. Diam. 56 mm. Thickness 17 mm.