Lot Essay
Although the notation SIX-6-JEWELS is incised in the top plate the train has in fact fifteen jewels.
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A SWISS EIGHT-DAY GIMBALLED LEVER DECK WATCH
Zenith, No. 210990
The matt silvered dial signed ZENITH CHRONOMETER, Arabic hour numerals, subsidiary seconds dial (at VI), up-and-down dial 0-8 (at XII), blued steel hour minute and seconds hands, red up-and-down hand, half plate inscribed ZENITH SWISS VAIL WATCH CO. U.S.A. 8 DAYS SIX-6-JEWELS. THREE-3-ADJ. 210990, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat blued steel balance spring with Breguet overcoil, counter-weighted brass bowl, plain three-tier mahogany box with outer guard box
57 mm. dial diam., 128 mm. sq. box
Zenith, No. 210990
The matt silvered dial signed ZENITH CHRONOMETER, Arabic hour numerals, subsidiary seconds dial (at VI), up-and-down dial 0-8 (at XII), blued steel hour minute and seconds hands, red up-and-down hand, half plate inscribed ZENITH SWISS VAIL WATCH CO. U.S.A. 8 DAYS SIX-6-JEWELS. THREE-3-ADJ. 210990, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat blued steel balance spring with Breguet overcoil, counter-weighted brass bowl, plain three-tier mahogany box with outer guard box
57 mm. dial diam., 128 mm. sq. box