8,400 CHF
Defy Xtreme Titanium Chronograph Zenith, “Defy Xtreme High Pressure Resistant Chronograph, 1000M For Xtreme Condition Use, El Primero”, Ref. 96.0525.4000. Sold on January 8, 2007. Fine, large, self-winding, high-pressure water-resistant, black titanium wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, date and a brushed stainless steel Zenith link bracelet with textured Kevlar center pieces and concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by a booklet. To be sold without reserve Three-body, black carbon-finished, 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 o’clock, antireflective sapphire crystal. Silvered with brushed and oeil-deperdrix decoration, carbon-fiber center, outer minute divisions, alloy-wheel form subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date with Cyclops lens. Skeletonized rhodium baton hands with red luminous panels. 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm. Thickness 20 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11