Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014

LOT 368

ZENITH REF. 96.0529.4021 DEFY XTREME SEA CHRONOGRAPH TITANIUM Zenith, Defy Xtreme, High Pressure Resistant Chronograph, 1000 M For Xtreme Condition Use, El Primero, Ref. 96.0525.4021. Made in circa 2008. Fine, large, self-winding, high-pressure water resistant to 1000 m, black titanium PVD coated wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers and a Zenith titanium PVD-coated link bracelet with double deployant clasp. . Accompanied by a fitted box and instruction booklet.

Three-body, black PVD coated, graduated unidirectional revolving black bezel with titanium star and baton markers, concave lugs, screwed-down case back, screwed-down winding crown protected by a cage, screwed-down push buttons with carbon-fiber inserts, helium escape valve at 10, antireflective sapphire crystal. Black, partially skeletonized carbon-fiber center, outer minute divisions, alloy-wheel form subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Luminous skeletonized black baton hands. Cal. 4000 SX, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, chronograph bridge and balance cock made from a special shock absorbing alloy (Zenithium), oscillating WEIGHT with carbon-fiber inserts.