A peak under the hood of a zenith El Primo

[omega564]

This is one of my favorites , Zenith cal. 3019 . I hope the pictures due it justice ;

The movement side without the oscillating weight (rotor ) it always gets in the way so I left it off for the picture



Here's the dial showing the calender . I swear the guy who designed this was payed by the part and he had a boat payment due ;



Although its one of the most complicated systems in use , the end result produces very little stress and therefore very little wear , giving years of reliability .



( be gentle with me it's my first time posting here ) Jesse

 

[GoDuke1]

Glad to see another familiar name in the forum. Welcome Jessie and great first post!!

 

[omega564]

Thanks . I hope there is some interest in these . I get to see some beautiful and interesting stuff .

 

[dsio]

So is this one of the hi-beat 36,000 vph El Primeros?

 

[ulackfocus]

dsio

So is this one of the hi-beat 36,000 vph El Primeros?

Yes, that's one of them. It's like one of those 3 dimensional jigsaw puzzles.