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cipino
·Zenith A386
Hagwe!
Hagwe!
Please post your vintage zenith
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Starstella
·1st post here.. long time collector, just getting into some vintage pieces and started with a couple Defy with the Genta cases.
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n-theory
·My second Zenith. Still in love.
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Starstella
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Gracay2004
·Hello to all Zenith aficionados on here, my apologies for posting this watch in such poor condition. I fell in love with it and brought it home but now I have my doubts if it is even genuine. At the beginning of this thread somebody mentioned that the French had their own serial number system, this may explain why I can't get a match anywhere (It was purchased in Central France). I know the strap is not original but I have my doubts about the crown and the case back. Is this poor thing worth saving or have I got myself a Frankenstein watch?
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Mark020
··not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawerDo you have a picture of the inside caseback?
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skand
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CaptainWinsor
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that’s a beautiful early 133.8
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skand
·The crown is not original and the caseback possibly not original without seeing inside. Here is your watch from about 1940-45? The French factory in Besançon had their own serial numbers which were 6 digits unlike the Swiss which are 7. I’ve seen many different case backs so I assume they just used local manufacturers. Also, the factory was occupied by the Germans during the war and so I’m sure certain pieces were hard to come by on a regular basis necessitating the need for local suppliers.
Pay attention to Stötsäker in Swedish. This was probably the Swedish version. I saw an identical watch on the Swedish watch forum "Klocksnack", so it cannot be a foldable watch. Even the crowns are the same.
I am pasting a borrowed photo from this website
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CaptainWinsor
·Pay attention to Stötsäker in Swedish. This was probably the Swedish version. I saw an identical watch on the Swedish watch forum "Klocksnack", so it cannot be a foldable watch. Even the crowns are the same.
I am pasting a borrowed photo from this website
ha. My reply got put together with your watch. Yours is a nice early 133.8. I was replying to the French made Zenith
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CaptainWinsor
·Hello to all Zenith aficionados on here, my apologies for posting this watch in such poor condition. I fell in love with it and brought it home but now I have my doubts if it is even genuine. At the beginning of this thread somebody mentioned that the French had their own serial number system, this may explain why I can't get a match anywhere (It was purchased in Central France). I know the strap is not original but I have my doubts about the crown and the case back. Is this poor thing worth saving or have I got myself a Frankenstein watch?
The crown is not original and the caseback possibly not original without seeing inside. Here is your watch from about 1940-45? The French factory in Besançon had their own serial numbers which were 6 digits unlike the Swiss which are 7. I’ve seen many different case backs so I assume they just used local manufacturers. Also, the factory was occupied by the Germans during the war and so I’m sure certain pieces were hard to come by on a regular basis necessitating the need for local suppliers.
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skand
·Cal 135 of the second series in the 36,5mm captain's case
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CaptainWinsor
·should be a limit of one per collector
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Gracay2004
·Do you have a picture of the inside caseback?
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palkastu
·Zenith Futur Time Command 😀
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Elvis_Pressluft
·MY A782 😉
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