Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 14, 2017

LOT 420

ZENITH COMPAX REF. 12470 CHRONOGRAPH PINK GOLD Zenith, Compax, Ref. 12470, case No. 826967. Made in the 1950s. Fine, manual-winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with chronograph.

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

HKD 16,000 - 32,000 / USD 2,000 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 3,000

Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, snap-on case back. Champagne with applied circular dot indexes, painted arabic index, outer 1/5th seconds scale with tachymeter, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Pink gold baton hands and blued steel chronograph hands. CCal. 146, gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with screws, self-compensating over-coiled balance spring, index regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 35 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm.