Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 16, 2014

LOT 214

ZENITH STEEL CHRONOGRAPH DESK CLOCK FOR THE SWISS POSTAL SERVICE Zenith, Le Locle, Suisse, movement and case No. 5036802, Model 58. Made for the Swiss Postal Service, circa 1930. Very fine and rare, stainless steel adjustable desk clock with chronograph, register and 24-hour dial.

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

HKD 16,000 - 33,000 / USD 2,100 - 4,300

Sold: CHF 3,000

Four-body, polished, circular stand base with pivoted housing for the clock with rounded bezels and flat band, secured to the integral stand by three screws, button on the band at 11 for the start/stop of the chronograph and at 1 for the return-to-zero. White with Arabic numerals, outer minutes and fifths of a second divisions, outermost red five-second numerals, inner red 24-hour numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Gold spade hands. Cal. 4219, 18''', rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial signed, movement signed and numbered, case numbered. Overall DIM. 12 x 10.7 cm., diameter of watch 71 mm. This model of table or desk clock with chronograph was apparently supplied for use by the Swiss Postal Service Directorate and was a popular office clock. The strong, clean and elegant design with oversized chronograph makes this clock a highly desirable vintage piece that fits perfectly within a modern setting. A very similar clock is illustrated and described in "Zenith, Watch Manufacture Since 1865", Manfred Rössler, 2009, p. 296. Another identical clock (No. 5036800) was sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, November 10, 2013, lot 279.