Thursday, April 1, 2010

NEW IN BOX - AUTHENTIC SWISS ZENO BASEL OVERSIZED PROFESSIONAL DIVERS GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)










BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC ZENO BASEL CHRONOGRAPH OVERSIZE GENTS PROFFESIONAL DIVER WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 2010

MODEL: CRONOGRAPH PROFESSIONAL DIVERS OVERSIZE Z-1E53/OR

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: HARDEN MINERAL GLASS WITH DATE MAGNIFIER

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: Quartz Chronograph, OS20/FS00

DIAL COLOR: BLACK WITH LUMINOUS MARKERS AND HANDS

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: Hours, Minutes, Subsidiary Seconds - Counters 60 min, centered 60 sec, synchronized 24 hrs - Date at 4:30

HANDS/JARUM: LUMINOUS SILVER TONE

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: WHITE LUMINOUS ARABIC & BATON MARKERS

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL/ KELULI SEPENUHNYA

WATER RESISTANT: 300METERS

LUGS: 24mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 45mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN (50mm WITH CROWN)

BEZEL: TWO TOBE BLACK/ORANGE WITH LUMINOUS WHITE ARABIC

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING:

CROWN: ORIGINAL SCREW IN ZENO SS CROWN

STRAP/TALI: 3-link stainless steel bracelet, deployant clasp with push-buttons and safety

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: FULL LENGHT

LIMITED EDITION IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING GOODTIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

RETAIL PRICE: RETAIL NEW AT EMERITUS FOR RM3500. TO SEE OTHER MODELS AND RETAILERS IN MALAYSIA, PLEASE VISIT ZENO WEBSITE

PRICE/HARGA: RM1,800 (SOLD TO TN. MUZILL FROM IPOH)


ZENO watches - Objects of Pleasure and Quality

It all began in an idyllic house in La Chaux-de-Fonds, where Jules Godat had set up a modest workshop. Like many watchmakers in his day, his spent the cold winter months as a seasonal worker. In 1868, he set up in business on his own and by doing so laid the foundation for Zeno watch production as we know it today. In his little workshop, he made silver pocket watches. After Jules Godat had left, production was converted to the manufacture of railway clocks and watches. In 1900 the workshop was enlarged and equipped with electric power to drive the machines.

In 1920, André-Charles Eigeldinger took over Godat watch production. He specialized in the manufacture of observation watches for military purposes, slide rule watches and pocket watches in silver, gold and platinum. In 1922, Eigeldinger & Söhne registered the Zeno brand. This name is a reminder of the Greek philosopher Zeno of Kition and means „gift of Zeus“ or „god given“.

Demand for wristwatches rose constantly and in the inter-war years production was therefore converted to wristwatches. The first Zeno wristwatches were made of gold and intended solely for export. In 1937, to mark the 15th anniversary of the Zeno brand, the first watches with an integral stop function and acoustic telemeter were made. In 1949, Zeno took part for the first time in the Swiss watch fair in Basel. In the years that followed, the Zeno engineers developed a number of digital watch models with „jumping hours“, pendant watches for nurses and „watches for boys“, until in 1960 production temporarily moved to the Atteslander workshops in Biel where the first mechanical airmen’s watches were developed.

The rapid pace of progress is bringing constant changes to our lives. But in the Zeno watch work-shops, mechanical wrist and pocket watches are still being made by traditional techniques with the exceptional calm and concentration of experienced watchmakers. For over eighty years, Zeno watches have been produced largely by hand.

Source: Zeno-Watch Basel / Switzerland

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