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2. Zenith. An 18K gold keyless wind open face split second c…
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2. Zenith. An 18K gold keyless wind open face split second c…
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
2. Zenith. An 18K gold keyless wind open face split second chronograph pocket watch
Date: Circa 1900
Movement: Swiss lever, cut and compensated bi-metallic balance, column wheel chronograph, No.308198
Dial: White enamel, black Arabic numeral hour markers, black outer 1/5th second divisions with Arabic numeral 5 minute markers, sunken subsidiary dials at 6 and 12 for seconds and 30 minute recordings, blued steel Breguet style hands, centre chronograph hands
Case: Polished hinged round, hinged inner cuvette, winding crown and chronograph button at 12, split second button to band at 11, No.52897
Signed: Case & movement
Size: 50mm
Weight: 86,84g
Accompaniments: Box, Undated Certificate
Produced circa 1900, this 18K yellow gold split-seconds chronograph reflects the remarkable technical expertise developed by Zenith at the turn of the 20th century. Highly complex and costly to produce, rattrapante chronographs were among the most sophisticated portable timing instruments of their era, designed to measure intermediate times with exceptional precision. At a time when precision timing was becoming increasingly important in scientific, industrial, military, and sporting contexts, such watches demonstrated the growing capabilities of Swiss watchmaking and Zenith's ambition within the field of high-grade chronograph production.
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