Yellow Defy Diver?

[danomar]

Whoa! This is a new one on me!





A prototype?

The hands are unusual, as is the case. Love the bezel, though.

 

[danomar]

Another photo:

 

[LouS]

This is one of the later models, issued shortly before Zenith stopped producing mechanical movements altogether, and for which next to no documentation exists. Adding to the conundrum, only a few months ago, empty NOS cases like this one were available on the 'bay.

All of that said, this is pretty attractive and seems to "hang together" as a coherent piece. Might be legit. Might not. But it is "real purty."

 

[danomar]

LouS

But it is "real purty."

Lou, that is exactly what I thought when I first saw it! Then again, I lived down South, so using "purty" is natcherul.

 

[CanberraOmega]

That has to be called the Yellow Submarine, surely?

 

[Veritas99]

I'm saying it's a franken. Here's the case from a 70s catalog. Setting aside the possibility that the dial came in different colors, all three hands are different and it doesn't have 28800 on the dial.

Also, I thought Zenith went away from adding the 28800 on Defy models once they moved from the 2562 to the 2572 (I recognize that they used it on other 2572 models).

 

[papaebetu]

That's mine