Zenith

Few months back, I arrived late to a flea market and a dear friend "captured" two Zenith/Movado NOS. He is a very "under the radar" guy and the watches literary vanished. Recently I asked him to take some pics of his Zenith collection (without much hope) ...  

I can't wait to learn more about them, especially the first and third ones! Fx

Couldn't locate it on Manfred's book. There is one sort of identical but with a diving bezel. I'm continuing my quest. Stay tuned. Cheers, Nilo

Thanks for the journey on a topic I know nothing or almost. Very cool! Best, Nicolas

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What an outstanding array of vintage Zenith ! the 1st picture shows a very scarce ref A 3736 circa 1968, 146 HP Cal. powered, a ultimate Grail for many dive and Zenith watches collectors especially in such mint condition The 3rd picture shows a 1975 no na...  

This save me some time on my research for the full post (Yes, there will be one).. In respect to the blue "GMT" one, I got no information besides the Manfred Rössler Zenith book, that does not show this bezel. One point that I envy about this small set of... 

Some complementary information to what Laurent has offered Laurent is of course perfectly correct about the first of these, the A 3736, a grail if ever there was one. This one is a very nice example. Catalog shot: The second is an A 279, also powered by a...  

Lou, Thank you for bringing your encyclopedic knowledge to us. About the two Movado/Zenith they are true NOS pieces. More and detailed pics this weekend. Cheers, Nilo

Thanks for filling in the blanks. Fascinating.

... your friend definitely has a great collection! Thanks for sharing it with us! Regards, Marcus

. . . the two Movado Zeniths - are in such good condition that they might be new old stock. Your friend not only has an eye for Zenith, but a discerning one as well. Thank you, NIlo, and extend our thanks to your friend as well. This was a great treat aft... 

of someone else's watches. What a lovely collection, as has been said already your friend has a great eye. Any other boxes he might want to lend you to photograph?

1) More Breitling than my poor hard drive can handle. 2) The full (I believe) set of Omega Speedmaster celebrating Michael Schumacher championships. The challenge for those photo tasks is how fast I can take the pics, in order to return (same day, always)... 

so look forward to seeing some of those in the future. ... and all those after the Heuers you've been showing. Can I ask are all these collectors living in your country?

Same here, even considering that I own only one Aviastar. About the collectors, yes they live here. Brazil was (notice the past, we are talking about 80's and 90's) a watch collector paradise before the advent of the Internet. It as, just as an example, t... 

ten or twenty years ago makes us all cry, regardless of the country :) I guess what's fascinating to me is depth and quality of the vintage collections you've been showing. It's interesting to me coming from a European sensibility to see just how passiona...