Only Watch

Monte Carlo, Sep 22, 2005

LOT 34

Zenith, "Grande ChronoMaster XXT Tourbillon" El Primero, Pièce Unique.

EUR 90,000 - 110,000

Sold: EUR 90,000

For ONLY WATCH 2005, Thierry Nataf, President of the manufacture and the ZENITH Foundation propose a unique execution of this masterpiece: white gold case, guilloché dial with black rhodied indexes and tourbillon bridge. Caliber El Primero 4005, 319 components in gold and titanium, 35 jewels Automatic chronograph movement with tourbillon 36?000 vibrations per hour 15 1/2``` caliber. Diameter : 35 mm. Height : 7.55 mm Power reserve over 50 hours Measures short time intervals to a 10th of a second Automatic winding in both directions Central rotor on ball bearings 22-carat white gold with ?Côtes de Genève? pattern Functions Hour and minutes in the center Date indicator positioned around the carriage Center seconds-hand 30-minute counter at 3 o?clock 12-hour counter at 6 o?clock Tourbillon: The carriage (at 11 o?clock) makes 1 turn per minute Case 18-carat white gold 18-carat white gold ZENITH push buttons and crown Diameter : 45 mm, Diameter opening : 35 mm Curved sapphire glass with anti-reflection treatment on both sides Transparent sapphire case back Water-resistance up to 30 meters Dial White gold dial and plain silver dial 18-carat black rhodied white gold bridge 18-carat black rhodied white gold hand-mounted applique indexes Three-dimensional gold indexes in progressive size Hands 18-carat white gold faceted hands Strap Black alligator leather strap, hand-stitched tone-in-tone, lined with silky Alzavel calfskin Buckle 18-carat white gold ChronoMaster triple folding buckle stamped with the historical ZENITH star on the cap


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In 1865, under the guidance of Georges Favre-Jacot, one of the most mythical manufacturers of quality watches was born: ZENITH. From then on, protected by the radiance of its star, the Manufacture traversed the 20th century with style. More than 1565 awards, over 50 mythical calibres and outstanding collections of watches : from New York to Paris, from Moscow to Tokyo, a worldwide success. Symbol of this excellence, the El Primero movement ? the world fastest chronograph, beating at 36'000 vibrations per hour, is a standard of reference among timepieces. Today, the Manufacture continues to meet its challenge: to combine beauty and mechanical perfection, subtly uniting tradition with modernity, technique with emotion. In this success story, the master-watchmakers of the Manufacture ZENITH have achieved the impossible: they created a complete new movement by combining the Chronograph El Primero, the Tourbillon complication and a rotating calendar disc in the Tourbillon?s cage. Thus they invented the world fastest Tourbillon, the Grande Chronomaster XXT Tourbillon. The engineering of this new 4005 movement, composed of 310 parts, is a source of endless fascination for the mind. Meanwhile, the heart is immediately won over by the lyrical beauty of design at liberty, representing the Tourbillon of life...