2 different ID's and look at the feedback. Scary.

 

And the watch is in 2 places at the same time - a good 3 hours drive apart which might not be much to an American but in the UK, it might as well be on Mars.

 

What's so strange about that? Didn't you see Time Cop?

 

The auction listing has been pulled

 

Would someone please explain to me the "Kennedy" Respirator?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ZENITH-RESP...842851411?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item43b795b853Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

As far as I know, there were no Respirators around during JFK's lifetime. Even RFK was gone before the Respirators I've seen were available. Is this the Ted Kennedy Respirator?
Jamie Kennedy, maybe? Is that why it's been "X-ed"?

 

Yeah, these are among the underappreciated. Even the chunkier 28800's, which might get more collectors excited, can be had pretty reasonably, I think. This one, which I would say is one tiny scratch away from NOS and is among my favorite watches, was well under $1000 with original bracelet, and I probably overpaid.

Note: As I understand it, the X models DON'T breathe because of the rounded case.

 

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Pretty sure he wore a Zenith "Automatic" with the square case. Lots of ads for square-cased Respirators throw around the Kennedy name. The one in your example is even further from the truth. Here is my "Kennedy" respirator (alongside my "Nixon" Omega Geneve Dynamic )....

 

Yeah, that I'll believe. But it's not a Respirator, right? I mean no expanding/contracting case with special gasket allowing it to "breathe"? And shouldn't you have positioned it back, and to the left... back, and to the left?

 

Is that a wood or metal bunk? I can get you a deal!

 

I'll be surprised if there is not a grain of truth in this, perhaps as small a grain as "someone once presented JFK with a square Zenith watch", but I too remain unconvinced. Clearly, though, the legend of the JFK watch is embraced by Zenith at the highest level; Dufour has mentioned it in at least one interview as a Zenith icon.

http://interviews.watchprosite.com/show-nblog.post/ti-679243/

He also says some interesting things here, in retrospect, about the Felix watch... and some dubious things about Zenith repair/service.

 

And someone tweeted a photo of the "JFK" watch on display at the LVMH HQ museum in Paris, dated 1961, presumably a 2522PC. At least the date is plausible.

https://mobile.twitter.com/alanboughen/status/269183481198821376

 

Yeah, that's the guy. He should probably re-read this part of the interview:

J-F D: ... If you are producing Zenith product, you have to have a Zenith product. Then you get the reception from the collector. If you don't do the Zenith product, you are beside the collector's market. For example, the Porsche… the 911 - if they don't produce the 911, they will be in trouble because people like the 911. And they still have to produce the car with the spirit of the 911. Porsche had trouble at the beginning when they introduced the engine that replaced the air cooled with the cooled by water, and their sales declined. Take a look at the last air cooled editions - they are highly desired and values are high, but not the water cooled. Same with Zenith watches. I have to produce "Zenith" watches, and I get good feedback with the watch enthusiasts!​

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... but maybe he views three-handed watches as air-cooled El Primeros.​