Nice !!! Hey Lou nice seeing you here !!

Hi Lou

Great to see you here... The cal 71... stunning... I missed out on a chronometre 71 Capt case in 18k yellow gold ..

The Zenith stretch oyster style GF bracelet was a real gamble . I was not sure if it would fit my Capt 71 , or maybe fit my Capt 135...

But The ends fit just perfect on the Capt 71 ! I really lucked out on that and then later on located a parts bracelet for an extra link ! The cures of 8 inch wrists!!

Good Hunting

Bill Sohne

PS I was able to get a line on a few UG and Longines chronometres! !! but that will have to wait for another post on the Home....

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A Zenith Captain with cal 71

By: Bill Sohne : July 7th, 2013-21:11

Hello everyone.... I know zenith has really expanded the Captain line... I wanted share an early bumper auto example that I have in my collection.... To top it off I recently came across a ( I think proper Zenith signed bracelet). The end pieces could not...

Ferie: Er tilbake på kontoret...

By: mope : July 7th, 2013-21:12

Ferie: Er tilbake på kontoret tirsdag 6/8. Morten Petersen

I am not a bracelet fan, but this one is really cool.

By: amanico : July 7th, 2013-22:00

And the Watch is very elegant, too. There are quite a lot appealing Zenith we should discuss! Best, and thanks for posting this beauty, Bill. Nicolas

The cal 71 has a very noble origin ...

By: nilomis : July 8th, 2013-04:56

According to some sources, the Cal 71 is " a variant of the caliber 133 and 133.8, automatic winding caliber to bumper". The 133, 138 and the 71 are creations of Ephrem Jobin who has won four years in a row the first prize of the contest series chronomete...

You should ad caliber 135 !! to Ephrem Jobin as well !!

By: Bill Sohne : July 9th, 2013-05:58

Hello Nilo The 135 is also the brain child of Ephrem Jobin Here is yet another Captain CASED Zenith ... !!!! Evertime I think of a Captain Zenith I want to Salute ! Zenith Chronometre in a steel screwback case 36.5 mm Ø "Captain" case.. - Produced : 02.09...

Thank you Master ...

By: nilomis : July 9th, 2013-06:06

Bill, I forgot the 135 and you promptly corrected. I always consider doing a post, that will require extensive research, about those unknown geniuses like Mr. Ephrem Jobin (We had a musical genius called Antonio Carlos Jobin from the "Girl from Ipanema" -...

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