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Minerva TZ LE Black Dial has joined the family

Friends,

As fate would have it, I found a Minerva TZ LE Black dial as well. Hooray ☀️

It arrived just yesterday.

The TimeZone limited edition … calibre 49 manual wind … so they made 49 pieces in the black dial and 49 in the white dial in the year 2000. This was done only a few months before Minerva the company was sold.

Here are some pics… the black dial is not easy to photograph. Tons of reflections. The indices and hands have a copper-gold hue.

It’s about 23 years old (Neo-vintage) and these two are not so easy to find as they are collectors items. Sapphire crystal and a simple but well executed stepped case design.

At 36 mm, they wear more like a 37/38 mm as the bezel is thin and the watch is pretty much all dial. Love that it has no date too 😄 I also like the 12,3,6,9 numbers next to the dagger indices. All applied of course.

You may recall that I got the white dial first from another collector a month or so ago and had some luck to find the black dial too. ☺️

Thanks for reading ❤️

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Another superb catch! Congrats, mon ami.

By: amanico : April 24th, 2024-14:16

Thanks chief ☀️

By: SingaporeMarc : April 25th, 2024-08:44

So I was reading further and the grey family made some Minerva’s 3 handers with display caseback from circa 1997-2000. But this is the only one kn 36 mm So that makes it a little extra special.

Indeed!

By: amanico : April 25th, 2024-14:02

Great watch!

By: dedestexhes : April 24th, 2024-14:22

Always nice to find

By: SingaporeMarc : April 25th, 2024-08:42

Rare birds 🦢 Thanks 🙏🏻

Very nicely executed watches,

By: clemens m : April 24th, 2024-14:47

but the sight of the movement through the caseback is the real show-stopper, it is even more beautiful than the dial side! Wear them in good health!

Thanks Clemens ❤️

By: SingaporeMarc : April 25th, 2024-12:35

Will flip the watch over and wear it caseback side up. And use a marker to draw in the hands 😄

Well as you have 2 examples,

By: clemens m : April 25th, 2024-12:44

you can wear them together and always wear one of them upside down. Problem solved!

😄 excellent

By: SingaporeMarc : April 25th, 2024-13:24

Excellent. These are really nice!

By: Champthekid : April 24th, 2024-15:03

Thanks Champ 🏆

By: SingaporeMarc : April 25th, 2024-08:41

Definitely a worthy addition to the family!

By: Thomas_3 : April 24th, 2024-15:26

Thanks Thomas ☀️

By: SingaporeMarc : April 25th, 2024-08:41

Great find!

By: Derreck : April 24th, 2024-19:10

Now you have both iterations of the same limited edition, congrats. Great photos too Marc, thanks for sharing

Thanks D 🙏🏻

By: SingaporeMarc : April 25th, 2024-08:40

Not sure about this round of pics. The black dial is sooooooo difficult to photograph 😄

Congratulations - this is a superb duo

By: vincentdae : April 25th, 2024-15:27

Thanks Vincent ❤️

By: SingaporeMarc : April 25th, 2024-15:48

Minerva fan as well?

you might remember I am

By: vincentdae : April 25th, 2024-20:55

Huge congratulations 🎉🎊🎈

By: KMII : May 28th, 2024-07:54

Still need a Cal. 49 at some point 😁 A great pair you got here and I can only attest that the size wears very nicely - what you can do with good proportions 😊👌🏻

Many thanks 🙏🏻

By: SingaporeMarc : May 28th, 2024-08:58

Your old posts have helped me a lot. This TZ cal 49 in 36 mm and this size was was a first for Minerva for the cal 49 from what I understand. Agree with you on how important proportionality is. It’s not as simple as one may think. Come visit in Singapore ...

That sounds like a great plan!

By: KMII : May 29th, 2024-06:38

And glad to hear the old posts are still read 😁