Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 19, 2012

LOT 158

A PAIR OF ZENITH POCKET WATCHES A) Zenith, Swiss, No. 2548103. Made circa 1900. Silver pocket watch. B) Zenith, Swiss, No. 85299. Retailed by Mappin. Made circa 1915. Rare silver pocket watch with alarm. To be sold without reserve

A) C. Four-body, bassine. Hinged cuvette inscribed ?Grand Prix Paris 1900.? D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. M. 39 mm, frosted gilt, 9 jewels, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, cam regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam 49 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
B) C. Four-body, bassine, large lip for the case back, correctors to set the time and alarm. Hinged cuvette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds and dial for alarm. M. 36 mm, dual train, frosted gilt, 12 jewels, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, alarm via a hammer on a gong. Case and movement signed, dial signed Mappin. Diam 48 mm. Thickness 14 mm.