Property of a Lady
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Zenith
Gold Wristwatch, Zenith; and Gold Wristwatch, Ref. 2340-5040, Seiko
- Estimate
- HK$8,000 - 12,000•€940 - 1,400$1,000 - 1,500
HK$3,810
Lot Details
The first watch with quartz movement, gold dial, baton markers, gold hands, in a round case, mounted in yellow gold, dial and buckle signed Zenith, numbered, Swiss assay mark, case width approximately 25 mm; and the second wristwatch with quartz movement, gold dial, baton markers and Arabic numeral at 12 o'clock, gold hands, in a rectangular case, mounted in yellow gold, dial and caseback signed Seiko, numbered, case width approximately 20 mm.
Specialist
Zenith
Swiss | 1865Since Zenith's beginnings, founder George Favre-Jacot sought to manufacture precision timepieces, realizing quality control was best maintained when production was housed under one roof. Zenith remains one of the few Swiss manufacturers to produce their own in-house movements to this day.
Today, the brand is best known for the "El Primero," the firm's most successful automatic chronograph movement. In an interesting twist of fate, the company that owned Zenith during the 1970s decided to move on to quartz movements and therefore sought to destroy the parts and tools necessary to make mechanical movements. One watchmaker realized this folly and hid the tools and parts before they were destroyed. In 1984, he returned them to Zenith so they could once again make the El Primero movement.
Browse ArtistToday, the brand is best known for the "El Primero," the firm's most successful automatic chronograph movement. In an interesting twist of fate, the company that owned Zenith during the 1970s decided to move on to quartz movements and therefore sought to destroy the parts and tools necessary to make mechanical movements. One watchmaker realized this folly and hid the tools and parts before they were destroyed. In 1984, he returned them to Zenith so they could once again make the El Primero movement.