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· ·Mrs Nataf's Other SonIt's a federal holiday in the States for you furriners out there, but I am roused from overhung slumber by the doorman hailing me in our national language, "Paquete, señor"
Well, one finds Zeniths in strange places (mostly Italy actually, which is not that strange, excepting the postal service), and this is no exception. It hails from an superbly pleasant and prompt seller in Cebu City, Phillipines. My old friends will say, "There goes Lou wading into franken country again - if it's not South America, it's SE Asia." So a short trip via Manila, Guangzhou, Narita, Anchorage, Newark, the Bronx (
), then to my door.
It's a nice steel Captain on beads-of-rice
Clean, modest, business-like, it's 36mm without crown. Surprising as these tend to run a little small
The dial is a very mellow eggshell white, very clean and sharp. In addition the somewhat particular hands are correct, as is the crown.
Movement ought to be rotted out, coming from SE Asia, but it isn't. It's a relatively rare cal 71
Relish those Geneva stripes! 1958 by serial number.
Overall, delighted by the watch and very grateful to the seller. Always happy to add a Captain, and it's the first 71 in the collection.
Well, one finds Zeniths in strange places (mostly Italy actually, which is not that strange, excepting the postal service), and this is no exception. It hails from an superbly pleasant and prompt seller in Cebu City, Phillipines. My old friends will say, "There goes Lou wading into franken country again - if it's not South America, it's SE Asia." So a short trip via Manila, Guangzhou, Narita, Anchorage, Newark, the Bronx (
), then to my door.It's a nice steel Captain on beads-of-rice
Clean, modest, business-like, it's 36mm without crown. Surprising as these tend to run a little small
The dial is a very mellow eggshell white, very clean and sharp. In addition the somewhat particular hands are correct, as is the crown.
Movement ought to be rotted out, coming from SE Asia, but it isn't. It's a relatively rare cal 71
Relish those Geneva stripes! 1958 by serial number.
Overall, delighted by the watch and very grateful to the seller. Always happy to add a Captain, and it's the first 71 in the collection.
These are the replacements.