Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 129

Zenith Pink Gold El primero Chronomaster Zenith, ?El Primero, Automatic?, No. 496/750, movement No. 119607, Ref. 170500400. Made in a limited series of 750 examples in 1997 in celebration of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the sea route to India. Fine and rare, water resistant, self-winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date, tachometer, telemeter, and an 18K pink gold Zenith buckle. Accompanied by fitted box, certificate, COSC certificate and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs, snap on engraved case back, sapphire crystal. D. White with painted black Arabic numerals and triangular indexes, luminous dots, inner concentric tachometer, outer minute/second track, outermost blue tachometer and black telemeter scales, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous blued steel baton hands. M. Cal. 410, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.