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SOLD Vintage Zodiac Astrographic, recently serviced, major price correction, minus $200!

  1. pnwyankee Mar 16, 2020

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    Time to bite the bullet and accept that if I want to sell this watch, I will have to get over what I have in it, including the service ( $700 ) and accept what the market price actually is.

    Here is a fun and unique timepiece that screams late 60's - early 70's and space race from a respected Swiss watchmaker with a long history.
    Picked this up last year with the intention of keeping it in the rotation indefinitely so I sent if off for a new crystal and a service to Andy Lewis of Ultra-Vintage Watches in Russellville, Ohio ( $388.00 - new crystal, complete mechanical, caseback gasket, new Zodiac crown )
    Looks great and running like a champ and regrettably is being sacrificed as a down payment towards that next "can't live without it timepiece".
    These watches were noted for their futuristic features. With stacked transparent disks moved by outer gear trains and printed with rectangles and circles on them to resemble hands, the indicators produce an ethereal “floating” appearance on the dial— thus earning the “mystery dial” designation. The Astrographic wasn’t the first watch to host this feature, but it likely is the most sporty model to have done so. The “mystery” dial is more frequently seen in dressier watches, many produced by Cartier, like the Rotonde de Cartier Skeleton Mysterious Double Tourbillon Watch.
    Perhaps the coolest feature is the RED DOT second hand that orbits around the central Zodiac like Mars orbiting the sun.

    Case Size: 40 x 44
    Material: Steel / Gold
    Movement: Zodiac 72B / 21600 bph
    Price: $400 plus actual shipping cost ( PayPal F&F )

    References for seven completed transactions here on OF: https://omegaforums.net/search/12526030/?q=pnwyankee&o=date&c[node]=10
    New reference as seller: https://omegaforums.net/threads/pnwyankee-top-notch-seller.114767/

    Let's see some pictures....

    Zodiac SST with Box.jpg Zodiac SST_.jpg Zodiac SST_-2.jpg Zodiac SST Crown.jpg Zodiac SST Clasp.jpg 20191119_172157.jpg 20191119_171334.jpg Zodiac SST Case Back.jpg ad_zodiacastro1.jpg ad_zodiacastro2.jpg
     
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  2. pnwyankee Mar 19, 2020

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    Bump
     
  3. pnwyankee Mar 23, 2020

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    A little bump
     
  4. DaveK Yoda of Yodelers Mar 23, 2020

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    George is sad because he doesn’t have a Zodiac Astrographic Mystery Dial. So am I...

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  5. pnwyankee Mar 23, 2020

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    I may not be able to help George, but I can help you :)
     
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  6. blufinz52 Hears dead people, not watch rotors. Mar 23, 2020

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    WOW, does this bring back memories. In the early 70's, while in the Air Force, I bought a very similar Zodiac in the BX in Kevlavik, Iceland. I loved that watch and have no idea what happened to it. GLWS :thumbsup:
     
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  7. pnwyankee Mar 23, 2020

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    This good be that very watch and now fully serviced and with a new crystal!
    Time for a reunion?
     
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  8. blufinz52 Hears dead people, not watch rotors. Mar 23, 2020

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    Mine wasn't in gold, but I'm going to sleep on this one. I know that I have a photo from that period with me wearing the watch :thumbsup:
     
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  9. pnwyankee Mar 27, 2020

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    Time for another bump
     
  10. pnwyankee Mar 30, 2020

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    Open to trade offers as well
     
  11. pnwyankee Apr 3, 2020

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    Bumping, bumping, and
     
  12. pnwyankee Apr 6, 2020

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    Bump for new price of $820 for a recently serviced vintage Zodiac
     
  13. pnwyankee Apr 9, 2020

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    Bump
     
  14. pnwyankee Apr 13, 2020

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    10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 blast up
     
  15. pnwyankee Apr 16, 2020

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    Still available
     
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  16. pnwyankee Apr 21, 2020

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    Bump
     
  17. pnwyankee May 2, 2020

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    Price Reduction of $100!
     
  18. pnwyankee May 5, 2020

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    Not a bumper
     
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  19. pnwyankee May 12, 2020

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    Bumping up
     
  20. pnwyankee May 16, 2020

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    Price now $750.