Reg
·Hello all, I've been lurking for some time and have found the forum an invaluable help in educating myself about vintage Zenith watches. I have a copy of Rossler and had hoped to start off my Zenith collection with something a little more iconic than a C cased El Primero but I was unable to pass up this opportunity; A NOS 20.0210.415. I believe that the strap may be original too as it seems to match the photos of LouS's NOS example of the same model. I apologise for the harshness of the lighting in the photos but until I get some daylight, artificial point source will have to do!
I'm fairly sure that the watch is NOS (as described by the seller) due to the general condition of the watch and the presence of the degraded blue plastic on the side of the case (next to the crown and pushers) and on the case back. There's even a hang tag, but I wouldn't know if it is original or not. And I'm presuming that the myriad of hairline scratches on the bezel are from decades of being polished (in a shop display perhaps?) rather than being worn - would this be correct?
The watch seems to be keeping good time and the chrono functions work well. The case back doesn't show any signs of having been opened which I find hard to believe given that it's a 40 year old watch and it's keeping time so perhaps there has been some intervention on the service front. I'd appreciate any advice on whether I should get the watch serviced and whether I should have the plastic cleaned off the case and case back when doing so. Sadly, I suspect that this find won't be worn due to the need to preserve its NOS status and to that end, I was thinking of having the plastic cleaned off the case, crown and pushers but left intact on the case back as further confirmation that it is 'New'.
Thank you,
Reg
I'm fairly sure that the watch is NOS (as described by the seller) due to the general condition of the watch and the presence of the degraded blue plastic on the side of the case (next to the crown and pushers) and on the case back. There's even a hang tag, but I wouldn't know if it is original or not. And I'm presuming that the myriad of hairline scratches on the bezel are from decades of being polished (in a shop display perhaps?) rather than being worn - would this be correct?
The watch seems to be keeping good time and the chrono functions work well. The case back doesn't show any signs of having been opened which I find hard to believe given that it's a 40 year old watch and it's keeping time so perhaps there has been some intervention on the service front. I'd appreciate any advice on whether I should get the watch serviced and whether I should have the plastic cleaned off the case and case back when doing so. Sadly, I suspect that this find won't be worn due to the need to preserve its NOS status and to that end, I was thinking of having the plastic cleaned off the case, crown and pushers but left intact on the case back as further confirmation that it is 'New'.
Thank you,
Reg