Zenith Silver Openface Alarm Pocket Watch

Inventory Number: PW2112010

Made circa 1920-1930 by Zenith, 48mm, silver (0.925) openface case, keyless-winding, White enamel dial with suspended Arabic numerals; gilded metal hands. Alarm on a steel gong (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock with blued steel index; time-setting by push-pin on the right side of the pendant. ) Subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock.

Movement 18’’’ ½, gilded brass, two going barrels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance and blued steel hairspring with a terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator. Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 63 623, delivered on March 11, 1913, to Fabriques des Montres Zénith, successeur de Fabriques des montres Zénith Georges Favre-Jacot & Cie, Le Locle, for a “Montre-réveil perfectionnée”.

About Zenith

Zenith is a Swiss luxury watchmaker. The company was started in 1865 by Georges Favre-Jacot at the age of 22, in Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel. Zenith was purchased by LVMH in November 1999, becoming one of several brands in its watch and Jewellery division which includes TAG Heuer and Hublot.