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Zenith. A very rare and attractive 18K gold automatic chronograph wristwatch with date, sales tag and “Panda” dial
Lot 90 The Property of a Private European Collector

Zenith. A very rare and attractive 18K gold automatic chronograph wristwatch with date, sales tag and “Panda” dial

Signed Zenith, El Primero, Chronograph Automatic, ref. G581, no. 485D484, circa 1969

Closed15 May 2017

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CHF 11,250

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Zenith. A very rare and attractive 18K gold automatic chronograph wristwatch with date, sales tag and “Panda” dial
Signed Zenith, El Primero, Chronograph Automatic, ref. G581, no. 485D484, circa 1969
Movement: automatic, cal. 3019 PHC, 31 jewels
Dial: white, applied luminous baton numerals, black subsidiary dials, window for date, outer black tachymetre scale
Case: snap on back, two round chronograph buttons
Signed: case, dial and movement
Dimensions: 37 mm. diam.
With: Zenith gilt buckle, sales tag

Specialist note

The present example is one of very few ref. G581 models known to the market and is arguably the finest in terms of condition. It is reported that Zenith produced only 250 examples of this reference.

Ref. G581 was part of the family of the early El Primero automatic chronographs that along with the Calibre 11 movement and the Seiko reference 6139 were all introduced in 1969 as part of the first three automatic chronograph movements brought to market.