105th Auction

2021/11/13

Lot 258

Zenith

A rare vintage wrist chronograph with tachy scale

estimated
4.0005.500 €
Price realized
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specific features
Case
Aluminium, PVD-coated, steel screw back.
Dial
Black.
Movement
Manual.
Cal.146HP
Diam.41 mm
Circa1970
Ctry.Switzerland


This charismatic wrist chronograph with three chronograph registers and an outer tachy scale was one of the first chronographs to be given a black PVD finish in the 1970s. The winding crown and the two chronograph pushers are made of steel and give the watch a very interesting, masculine look. The movement is powered by the excellent chronograph caliber 146HP. It was created by the Martel Watch company, which also produced movements for Universal Genève and was taken over by Zenith in 1960. Calibre 146 is one of the last Zenith manual-wound calibres before the El Primero era.