A ZENITH OPEN FACE SILVER POCKET WATCH.

Date: Circa 1920's
Movement: Signed Zenith, Swiss made, alarm
Dial: Signed, white enamel, rhodium applied Arabic numerals, black outer minute division, blued hands with rhodium insert, subsidiary dial for seconds at the 6 o'clock position, subsidiary dial for the alarm at the 12 o'clock position
Case: Signed, open face silver
Size: 48mm

The leader of the nonviolent non-cooperative Indian independence movement Mahatma Gandhi is renowned for not having owned many personal possessions in his lifetime but one he was fond of was a Zenith Alarm pocket watch exactly like the lot we have in this auction. In May 28, 1947 Gandhi's watch was stolen from his house. With great remorse six months later, the thief returned the watch back to his rightful owner in New Delhi and begged for forgiveness. In 2009, Gandhi’s original Zenith timepiece sold at auction, achieving an incredible result of $1.8 million USD hammer.