Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 16, 2014

LOT 7

ZENITH YELLOW GOLD ELITE HW CHRONOMETRE RESERVE DE MARCHE Zenith, "Elite HW Chronometre Reserve de Marche", No. 1985, Ref. 30 0240 655. Sold on April 24, 2004. Fine, water-resistant, 18k yellow gold wristwatch with 50-hour power-reserve indication, date and a Zenith 18k yellow gold buckle. Accompanied by a Zenith fitted box, guarantee and instruction manual.

Three-body, polished, curved stepped bezel, concave lugs, solid case back, sapphire crystal. Silvered engine-turned with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and dart indexes on a plain brushed reserve, central guilloche pattern, outer minute divisions, sunken subsidiary seconds dial at 9 and sector for the power-reserve indication, date aperture between 4 and 5. Yellow gold feuille hands. Cal. 685, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.