1960 Sporto

[LouS]

Catching up on incomings...here's a run of the mill 1960 Sporto - Zenith's everyman watch

Raised, stylized numbers that say "it's the sixties - the future is now!"

I never understood why Zenith patented the Sporto cases - I don't see what is special about them

The hook that made me buy this one is the pretty, apparently untouched cal. 40 with its plastic dustcover perfectly intact.

 

[ulackfocus]

Good thing I know that U:00 translates to 6:00 in English.

 

[LouS]

U ulackfocus

Good thing I know that U:00 translates to 6:00 in English.

I got a laff out of that too. It's one thing when the numbers are painted, but honestly, is it necessary to put in a fragmentary digit in a pressed metal dial? It wouldn't have been ok to just put in a dash or lume dot?