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

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 : 02.09.1960
- Series of 50 pieces
- Calibre 135
- Reference 2/3200

You cant see it in the photo, but it does have a Star signed crown and a Applied Start buckle on a Shell shell cordovan strap !!




The dial is Silver with Pink Gold markers and hands.

In previous posts , I would mention that I have never seen another example of this reference .  Well this last Feb another memeber here posted their example !! So I now know of two examples out there !!

a movement shot from another ref 135 ( I sold this many years ago ! )



The movement was designed by Mr. Ephrem Jobin  ( Zenith Engineer).  From 1948 till approx. 1953 the movements were gilt and from 1953 to approx. 1962 (end of production) the movements were rhodium plated.  The 135 has 19 jewels 13 "'  movement, 18,000 beats.  I have also heard of a few 135 with a higher beat rate of 21,600 but I have not had a chance to handle one in person ( it would be marked as such under the balance wheel) theses were never placed into production.   What has always caught my eye was the size of the balance wheel at 14 mm Ø while the movements diameter is 30 mm Ø.   Mr. Jobin accomplished this by off setting the minute wheel. Besides the 14 mm Ø balance the spring barrel is also much larger ( will give longer power reserve).   The regulator is a Zenith original and was used in Zenith pocket watches  since the early 1900s.  The one on the 135  has been miniaturized.  


I am also including a ad for the 135.......




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Bill Sohne