ZENITH, GOLD COMPUR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH, REF. 12502

This highly attractive vintage Zenith is timelessly elegant, the combination of the 18K gold case with enlarged stepped lugs and the rare and unrestored black glossy dial with gilt graphics results in an extremely elegant appearance.

With the launch of the fully developed two-button chronographs in the mid-1930s by Zenith and Universal, both companies added the designation “Compur” to the dials. The name refers to the two column wheels, which allowed the development from a single chronograph button to the two button chronographs as we know them today. The second column wheel allowed the chronograph hand to be stopped and restarted without initial resetting to zero