Just picked one up off of Ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ZO...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network https://texaswatchtalk.com/index.php?attachments/s-l500-jpg.319/
i use to have a vintage no date. it was a must buy for me and i didn't think i would ever get rid of it alongside it's new big brother. i was wrong,....i sold it. thing is it wears really, really small and the patina and wear just didn't make it a graceful looker, even if you consider yourself to be a rugged individualist. it photographs much bigger than it is and looks much better on in pics than in real life. neither is true it looks like a stamp..and i have a 7" wrist i admit, i miss looking at it as it was a classic combo though.
the old watches were definitely much smaller than today's watches. It is amazing how small they were.
Nice example, although the hands seem relumed given the greener tint of their lume compared to the markers. The earlier examples, featuring hands without a 'backbone', were prone to lume falling out. This is why Zodiac later switched to different hands. I used to own a great white dial example. I shouldn't have sold it
This is a 1959 Zodiac Seawolf ref 699. Zodiac used A. Schild movements and the 17 jewel AS1624 was used by Zodiac in the Seawolf. This seawolf has the cal. AS1624 non hacking 17j, 18000bph automatic movement with a 41hr power reserve. This is a 2nd gen maybe even a 1st gen. Dive watch. The crown doesn't screw down. The bezel has no clicks. Just turns freely. The watch above has the snap-shut type back. Engraved on the watch back is Zodiac Seawolf, (with the Zodiac cross-hair symbol), 10 ATM Especially Water-Tested. 10 ATM case backs are somewhat rare I'm trying to determine if this is the correct and original crystal.