Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

New York, Omni Berkshire Place Hotel, Jun 20, 1998

LOT 60

Zenith, Swiss, No. 1641141, circa 1920. Very fine 14K gold and enamel hunting cased keyless dress watch.

C. Four body, "bassine pincee", cover and back with alternated strips of blue translucent enamel with leaf decoration and white champleve enamel lines, the profile of a maiden's head on the cover. Hinged gold cuvette decorated with medals awarded in different exhibitions. D. Gold engine-turned with Arabic numerals en reserve and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade " hands. M. 16'", gilt brass, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with special micrometric index, patent No. 27541. Signed on the dial, case and movement. Diam. 52 mm.