Zenith

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a second Zenith joins my 1964 theme

Last year I was lucky enough to aquire my first 1964 Zenith, a 9ct gold cased 40T hand wind. I was so impressed by the quality of the movement that I have been on the lookout for an automatic Zenith from the same year ever since.

A couple of weeks ago I found exactly what I was looking for, a 14kt gold cased reference 710A with the reknowned 2542pc automatic movement inside.

Although the 2542pc movement was only made from 1964-1969 it was made in large numbers so is quite a common movement from the period. It has 25 jewels and a beat rate of 21,600 or 6 beats a second.

The movement runs faultlessly with a good power reserve and excellent accuracy.

The case is what really drew me to the watch. it is 33mm wide, pretty standard for the period, has a snap back 'waterproof' case and very unusual lugs. you may be able to see from the pictures that the lugs have an art deco style, but what you cant see is that they don't take regular spring bars. each of the lugs has a short bar where you would normally have a hole for the spring bar. the spring bars the watch came with have hollow ends which fit over these bars making a very secure fitting. I did initially think that this case might have had solid strap bars, but there is no indication that these bars have been cut short in anyway. its the first time I've seen this on a watch.

The dial is very simple, gold with date at 4.30 and an applied star above the Zenith script.

The watch is not perfect as it has a non original crown and the date changes at exactly 6 am. I'll send it for a service and all should be fine.

anyway, I have typed enough detail so I will let you enjoy the pictures of a welcome edition to my main collecting theme.