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·Make that "Unusual Zenith Divers, Part II."
Zenith 1000m diver, cal 2552pc, 43 x 49 x 15mm, ca. 1970. I have seen photos of blue, orange, yellow and black-dialed Zenith deep divers before, but never a white one; I'm calling it the White Whale. This one was clearly used as a tool - possibly to scrape a few barnacles off a rusty hull - but hey, it is a tool, and super rare, so I let a few dings slide.
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Here it is with a proper GF bracelet borrowed from a Defy diver. The end pieces were too short, however, and with a little twist of the bracelet they would tend to grab the spring bars and disengage them. So apparently end pieces matter... who knew? Maybe an old Tropic band would be safer, and I think a black band would look sharp with this one.
The lume has gone a kind of mother-of-pearl silvery-green, which I like.
2552pc inside, with serial number 711xxxx under the balance wheel, ca. 1970. The giant rubber gasket appears to be in pretty good shape.
Zenith 1000m diver, cal 2552pc, 43 x 49 x 15mm, ca. 1970. I have seen photos of blue, orange, yellow and black-dialed Zenith deep divers before, but never a white one; I'm calling it the White Whale. This one was clearly used as a tool - possibly to scrape a few barnacles off a rusty hull - but hey, it is a tool, and super rare, so I let a few dings slide.
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Here it is with a proper GF bracelet borrowed from a Defy diver. The end pieces were too short, however, and with a little twist of the bracelet they would tend to grab the spring bars and disengage them. So apparently end pieces matter... who knew? Maybe an old Tropic band would be safer, and I think a black band would look sharp with this one.
The lume has gone a kind of mother-of-pearl silvery-green, which I like.
2552pc inside, with serial number 711xxxx under the balance wheel, ca. 1970. The giant rubber gasket appears to be in pretty good shape.
