2,500 CHF
ZENITH REF. 01.0100.670 STEEL ELITE Zenith, "Elite", case No. 130795. Made circa 2008. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a Zenith stainless steel buckle. Accompanied by the fitted box. Two-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back, sapphire crystals. Silver with applied steel baton indexes on a plain reserve, inner minute divisions, apertures for the date between 4&5. Steel dauphine hands. Cal. 691, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 33 x 33 mm. THICKNESS 8 mm. Almost unknown today, the brand ONSA was made famous thanks to the adventurous swiss diver Hannes Keller. Wearing a similar watch equipped with a diving bell in the Lac Majeur, he dove to the world record of 300 meters in 1962.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2014-03-16