Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 14

Zenith, Le Locle, ?Chronomètre,? No. 32655. Made in the 1940s. Fine, mahogany, bezel-set, two-day going marine chronometer with 54-hour power reserve indicator.

C. Two-body with brass protected corners. Brass bowl and gimbaled suspension. D. Matte silver with painted Arabic numerals, outer minute/hour ring with 24-hour graduation, subsidiary seconds and up-and-down indication. Blued steel ?alpha? hands. M. Cal. 260, gilt brass, 3/4 plate with cylindrical pillars secured by screws, ?fausses côtes? and ?oeil-de-perdrix? decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, two-arm monometallic balance with screws, self-compensating Breguet balance spring with terminal curves. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. Bowl 90 mm., box 15 x 15 x 11 cm.