Many of us are familiar with @hoipolloi 's beautiful pink-gold calibre 135. Some of us even dream about it... on a regular basis. Those coffin markers. That jumbo, 37-mm case. That legendary observatory-champion movement. I first saw it five years ago, but the photos still have the same effect. Be still my heart. ♥️ https://omegaforums.net/threads/zenith-cal-135.2654/#post-30474 https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-constellation-2699-de-luxe.48483/#post-580140 This rare and beautiful watch makes one wonder: what if? What if there were more of these jumbo, coffin-markered 135's out there, in different metals? What if... now hear me out, I know this is crazy-talk, but... what if this jumbo, coffin-markered memento mori with the heart of a champion existed in steel? Well my friends, I have seen it! And I have... acquired it. I had to! It was an Instagram Insta-Grail! College funds schmollege funds, the world needs ditch-diggers too, amirite? Eccolo: I'm wearing it on a nice JB Champion croc, with the original buckle... ... because I don't want to damage the original band. The seller was kind enough to provide this extract from the Zenith archives. Turns out it's a cal 135.6, with a birthdate of July 17, 1956. Now if only I could find that elusive chronometre certificate...
All those coffins create their own need for ditch diggers. This is the sort of thing pharaohs chose to be buried with. Well done @MMMD
The Insta-Grail: one moment you don't know it exists, and the next moment you're pawning a kidney to get hold of it.
1956 seems to have been the year of coffin markers, BTW. https://omegaforums.net/threads/coffin-case-markers.5284/
