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Zenith. An attractive and rare stainless steel tonneau-shaped automatic triple calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases and bracelet
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Zenith. An attractive and rare stainless steel tonneau-shaped automatic triple calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases and bracelet

SIGNED ZENITH, ESPADA CHRONOGRAPH AUTOMATIC, CASE NO. 322 E 637, MANUFACTURED IN 1972

Closed9 November 2015

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Zenith. An attractive and rare stainless steel tonneau-shaped automatic triple calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases and bracelet
Signed Zenith, Espada Chronograph Automatic, case no. 322 E 637, manufactured in 1972
Cal. 3019 PHF automatic movement, 31 jewels, silvered dial, applied faceted square numerals with luminous accents, red chronograph hand, outer tachymetre scale, two windows for day and month in Italian, date window at 5 o'clock, three silvered blue and silvered sunken engine-turned subsidiary dials for constant seconds, 30 minutes register, moon phases and lunar calendar, circular case, screw back centered by Zenith logo, stainless steel Zenith bracelet and deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
38 mm. diam.; overall length approx. 170 mm.

Specialist note

With Zenith Extract from the Archives confirming the present watch with case number 322 E 637 was produced between February and May 1972.

Made in only 300 examples the present watch is from the first series of the Espada model, recognizable by the applied Zenith 5-pointed star logo on the dial and the big 4-pointed Zenith star on the case back as well as on the crown.

A similar example of the model "Espada" is described and illustrated in Zenith by Manfred Rössler pg. 24.