I have a few Zodiac watches. This company survived the quartz revolution of the 1970s but seems to not have progressed as other Swiss watch companies. They do have some popular lines including the Sea Wolf divers watches that can fetch hefty price tags even for the vintage models. I don't have one of those but have some dress watches including the Olympos automatic I featured in a previous post. This one's a simpler automatic watch that I still have yet to get the model name and other specs.
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| Simple face of this automatic from Zodiac with only the date feature. |
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| Side view showing the crown and emphasizing the raised hour indices |
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| The other side view that validates the watch to be in very good condition. Some people like to have some sort of patina in old watches. This is not so old - perhaps 30-something years but doesn't have signs of significant corrosion or water/moisture damage. If this is a restoration job then it was a good one. Otherwise, the watch was well taken cared of by the previous owner(s). |
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| Case back showing the watch to be antimagnetic and water & shock resistant. The Zodiac brand and logo is seen at the right while a gold-plating mark is on the left. |
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| The obligatory wrist shot at my workspace |
As mentioned, this is also a gold-plated watch. And there is a hallmark etched on the case showing it to be 20 microns gold-plated. I have not opened or had this watched serviced so far (it is a more recent acquisition) but it keeps accurate enough time and the power reserve seems to be decent enough. I haven't had the chance to do some serious estimates but after a day's use, it will last overnight to be worn and re-charged the next day.
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