Tuesday, July 9, 2024

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE MONDIA CUSHION CASE GENTS WRISTWATCH













 VINTAGE MONDIA CUSHION CASE DATE GENTS WRISTWATCH


MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1960's

MODEL: SPORT CASUAL

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACCRYLIC CRYSTAL

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: 17 JEWELS SWISS MANUAL WINDING AS/ST MOVEMENT CAL. 1950/51

DIAL COLOR: SILVER

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: NHOUR, MINUTE, SWIPE SECONDS, NON QUICKSET DATE AT 3:00

HANDS/JARUM: LUMINOUS SILVER TONE HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: RAISED BLACK ON SS STICKS MARKERS

CASING : SOLID CHROME PLATED TOP & STAINLESS STEEL BACK

LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 38mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 46 mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: STAINLESS STEEL BACK, WATER PROOF, INCABLOC, ANTI MAGNETIC, SWISS 0160 S/N 07 0183 850 

CROWN: CHROME PLATED CROWN

STRAP/TALI: BLACK RUBBER/LEATHER STRAP

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL

PRICE/HARGA: USD250 (NEGOTIABLE) 


BRIEF HISTORY OF MONDIA-ZENITH-MOVADO WATCHES

1875 • George Favre-Jacot succeeded in his goal: to produce reasonably priced, precise fob watches.His company employed one-third of the working population of Locle.




1896 • Manufacturer won Gold Medal at the Swiss National Exhibition.

1903 • First prize in the Neuchâtel Observatory competition for chronometers.

1911 • George Favre-Jacot retired and left the flourishing business to his descendants, under the name ZENITH.

1917 • Death of George Favre-Jacot.

1920 • First wristwatch models.

1954 • ZENITH won the Neuchâtel Observatory prize for wristwatch chronometers.

1960 • ZENITH took over MARTEL WATCH Co.

The UNIVERSELS caliber 749 and 285 became the ZENITH 146 family.

1969 • Birth of the EL PRIMERO movement, the first chronograph in the world equipped with a winding crown with central rotor.

ZENITH became a member of the MONDIA-ZENITH-MOVADO holding company.

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