Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 169

Zenith, Le Locle, ?Chronometre,? No. 32089. Produced in the 1940s. Fine, mahogany, two-day going marine chronometer with 54-hour power reserve indicator.

C. Two-body with brass protected corners. Brass bowl andgimbaled suspension. D. Matte silver with painted Arabicnumerals, outer minute/hour ring with 24-hour graduation,subsidiary seconds and up-and-down indication. Blued steel?alpha? hands. M. Cal. 260, gilt brass, full plate with cylindricalpillars secured by screws, ?fausses côtes? and ?oeil-de-perdrix?decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, two-armmonometallic balance with screws, self-compensating Breguetbalance spring with terminal curves.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. Bowl 90 mm., box 15 x 15 x 11 cm.