Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 23

ZENITH ACADEMY MILLÉSIME 2008 PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH NO.1 Zenith, EL Primero Academy Millesime 2008, Ref. 65 1260 4003. No.1. Made in 2008. Very fine and rare, oversized, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with oval-button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, tachometer, phases of the moon and an 18K white gold Zenith double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Chronometer Certificate and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, fluted lugs, transparent case back with 8 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied white gold faceted dart indexes, outer tachometer scale and 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials: at 12 for the months and leap year, at 3 for the date and 30-minute register, at 6 for the 12-hour register, at 9 for the seconds and weekdays, aperture for the moon phases at 6. White gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 4003, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. Thickness 14 mm.