Zenith is one of the multitude of Swiss watchmakers that was founded in the last quarter of the 19th Century (Omega and Tissot date from the same period), and made some excellent chronometres in the early 20th Century. It fell on hard times (called Thierry Nataf) in the early part of this century but under new leadership seems to be heading back to its roots.
Here's a PW from their first golden period. The case is somewhat unusual in being a single piece, the bezel unscrews and the movement comes out the front.
The dial is a nice painted enamel with unusual Germanic numerals. The hands have sadly corroded, and left some residue on the sub-second dial
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The movement is a rather middle-grade 15J piece, but at least it has Zenith's unusual patent regulator.
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Here's a PW from their first golden period. The case is somewhat unusual in being a single piece, the bezel unscrews and the movement comes out the front.
The dial is a nice painted enamel with unusual Germanic numerals. The hands have sadly corroded, and left some residue on the sub-second dial
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The movement is a rather middle-grade 15J piece, but at least it has Zenith's unusual patent regulator.
(source)
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