Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 256

Zenith, No. 32021/32022, circa 1930. Very fine mahogany and gilt brass bezel-wound ?Chronometre Zenith? with 54-hour power reserve indicator and stop feature in gimbaled box.

C. Two-body, top corners protected by heavy brass inlay. Brass bowl and gimballed suspension, stop/start lever on the back.D. Silvered with Arabic numerals, outer 24-hour scale (13 to 24), outer minute ring, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down scale. Blued steel ?lozenge? hands. M. 65 mm, gilt brass, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 19 jewels, going barrel, straight line lever escapement, monometallic Glucydur balance with screws, self-compensating Breguet balance spring with terminal curves, micrometrically adjustable regulator pins.Signed on dial, case and movement.Dim. Bowl 70 mm, box155x154x110.