Please post your vintage zenith

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My Zenith A3637 with cal. 2642 PC and "the orginal" Gay Freres bracelet.
 
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Nothing so fine as many if not all examples here, a circa 1980 quartz Mistral.




 
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Hahaha this is so cool but so weird, it's not a wall clock? Who looks at the floor to check out the time?

It`s a display clock used by watchmakers to display correct time for bypassers at their shop window.
 
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It took a few weeks to get here due to weather concerns in the states and local customs bureaucracy, but I finally have this, courtesy of @slique12
 
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Terrific photos of a very sharp piece! That 133.8 movement shot would make a fine avatar... hint hint.

An older brother:

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Beautiful!
 
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Here is my recent aquasition. A hand-winding movement, signed Zenith officer watch, which is working nicely. The movement is protected by an inner cover.The movement is signed with the Zenith name and the serial number 2,068,140 dates it back to 1916. Eg WW1 ish. Can you imagine who originally wore this and what story’s they could tell?
The watch measures 33mm diameter excluding the articulated lugs and the winding crown. The case is .935 silver and there are Continental hallmarks inside the case back. The case and lens are in good condition.
The watch has nice Blued steel hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and an outer minute track. The dial is enamel and has suffered some damage, notably by numbers 4 and 10, with radiating hairline cracks.


The dial is signed is signed Favre Leuba and Zenith. In 1901, the two families of the founders of Favre Leuba and Zenith were privately quite close and Henry Auguste Favre (Favre Leuba), who already owned a successful branch in Bombay, took over the distribution for George Favre-Jacot (founder of Zenith) in the India/Burma. During the long co-operation between the two companies, which lasted until the 1960s, several watches, especially high-class chronometers, were signed on the dial with both names.

For me it’s not only a a great watch from a great watchmaker but a bit of history. I have enjoyed wearing it for a few days now and from all the positive and appreciative comments received while wearing I know it has been a great buy!


 
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Wow so many great pieces in one thread!! I love vintage Zenith. Heres one of mine.
 
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And another one i like but i its almost to modern for me tbh, the de luca from -88.
 
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Rare and beautiful,18k gold case Zenith,cal 12-4p-50.Original dial or repainted? Many are marked CHRONOMETRE on dial.