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Zenith 135s

 

Hi Mostel

I just wanted to first say ,I am on the road and my laptop crashed.  I am using my in-laws computer...

I owned three different case styled Zenith 135s over the years...

First a silver dial 34 mm steel snapback case...

Notice it has the Z star crown, original silver dial.

here is a movement shot..

I sold the above watch years ago....

Then I aquired a black dial 36 mm screwback case in steel...  I Sold to a friend years ago. He still has it and I took some additional pics of it with my Other 135... It also has a Z star crown.  I just found a backup drive in the bottom of my overnight bag!! And i found some old pics...

back of the screwback case...

 

My third 135 is in a 36.5 mm ( largest screwback case style as far as I have seen over the last 20 years). "Captain" style case.  The Captain was Zeniths version of the Omega Seamaster case dress sports water resistant case style. This one has a silver dial with pink applied markers and numbers!  I have never seen another one in this style case. It also has a Z star crown and Z star buckle.! 

and here is an ad from Zenith i think its from 1948 ( back of page date)  Interesting they show a jet powered plane!

The 135 is a great classic chronometre movement.... Looking back I am sad that I sold the two smaller ones over the years...

Good Hunting

 

Bill Sohne

 

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OBSCURE KNOWLEDGE QUIZZER/ Zenith cal 135

 
By: Mostel : July 3rd, 2008-11:57
Hi guys, I have located what may possible be a stupefyingly rare zenith cal 135 with mint BLACK dial! But... did Zenith make them with black dials? I've only seen silver. Any info, minutia, encyclopedic Zenith knowledge? Zenith-savant, this is your time t... 

Thanks Suitbert

 
By: Mostel : July 3rd, 2008-13:44
do you happen to know if they always came with 'star' crown? the one I may get seems to have a blank crown.

yes, I know that watch

 
By: dotman : July 3rd, 2008-13:51
one of the best 135s to come up for sale in a while the dial does not seem suspicious, but I'd be wary of one of the hands in regards to the crown, I should think that without the "Z-star" it would be aftermarket Of the two 135's I have purchased, neither...  

you might be right

 
By: dotman : July 3rd, 2008-14:38
there might be some other fussy elements going on... I do not think the words 'Zenith' and 'Chronometre' should line up straight (on that variation, the word 'Chronometre' is much wider than 'Zenith') choices, choices... :P

WOW. Thanks everyone, I wish

 
By: Mostel : July 3rd, 2008-17:37
I could 'grab' photos from website but the site prevents that. I am going to PM you, Suitbert, and tell you the website, as I cannot link here. If anyone else would like to see the watch, pls PM me. (BTW, it is on hold for me, at the moment.)

Re: photo

 
By: dotman : July 3rd, 2008-19:26
is it this one? I'm actually kind of curious myself now, if only for the sake of curiosity! hope this does not conflict any rules...  

Amazing watch

 
By: Dje : July 3rd, 2008-22:45
Hi Mostel, I've not been tempted like that in a while! Congrats for getting it on hold. And like that you can send me the link so that I have a look! Cheers Dje

KEEP LOOKING! New PIC!

 
By: Mostel : July 4th, 2008-08:43
So i found here a pic of a watch sold by Christie's. It's not such a great pic but you can see the word Zenith appears to be the same 'length' as the word chronometre. Is it possible this is how black dials were done? Also, Dotman has noted that the secon...  

Okay... even more info...

 
By: Mostel : July 4th, 2008-09:19
I have spoken to the seller, who is enormously reputable, and a hugely respected and well liked player in the vintage game, and he tells me he has seen this exact dial several times in his career, and that he is 99.9% certain the dial is original. (I'm no... 

Believe it or not, Mostel, I reached for my copy of . . .

 
By: Dr No : July 4th, 2008-10:32
. . . "Wristwatches - History of a Century's Development" by Kahlert, Mühe, and Brunner, and opened the book to page 346, upon which there's a photo of a silver dial 1960 Zenith 2000 with the same movement. To quote: 'steel case, 35 mm diameter, 13-line m... 

Hello Mostel....(reply to your mail)

 
By: Catherine. : July 4th, 2008-11:33
My opinion is only worth what you paid for it but personally i struggle to equate a black dial with ChronomeTRE....so for that reason i guess i'm a touch bias. The two watches highlighted are different to what i have seen and the problem arises which is r...