Missing second hand?

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BlueHands

·May 27, 2022

Hi to the community,

I'm no Zenith expert nor do I have any knowledge on the movements. Did Zenith built any movements for
two handers like this? Unfortunately the seller gives no dates to the caliber. What do you mean? Thanks for helping.

https://benjaminmarcello.nl/product/zenith-disco-volante-1930s/

 

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CaptainWinsor

·May 27, 2022

These Zenith models are identical to the UG ref 2048. Not sure what the cal is

 

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Dan S

·May 27, 2022

It seems to me that I can see the pinion for the missing sweep hand. I will post the photo for you.

 

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BlueHands

·May 28, 2022

Thanks for you help with the reference. I also think that the sweep second hand is missing. Most watches during this period show the seconds, it would be highly unusual. But this watch looks also nice without that missing hand.

 

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CaptainWinsor

·May 28, 2022

The UG version

 

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BlueHands

·May 29, 2022

Nice, so also a two hander. Do you have a full scope of the catalogue page? I'm very interested to see the other dial configurations of the next references, looking as other diso volantes. So hard to find original pictures of that special case design in catalogues. So I have never seen one in a Longines catalogue from 1937 -1939. My experience is that they were released no longer than two years from 1938 until 1939.
So found this in a thread in UG forums
https://omegaforums.net/threads/universal-disco-volante-ufo-a-rarity.85494/#post-
1254220https://omegaforums.net/threads/universal-disco-volante-ufo-a-rarity.85494/#post-1254220

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CaptainWinsor

·May 29, 2022

BlueHands

Do you have a full scope of the catalogue page?

Yes, I have the full catalogue which is from 1937

 

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BlueHands

·May 30, 2022

Great, could you please share this catalogue page to see the other references. I'm very interested to see the disco volante cases/dials.

 

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CaptainWinsor

·May 30, 2022

BlueHands

Great, could you please share this catalogue page to see the other references. I'm very interested to see the disco volante cases/dials.

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