Mens Design Wrist Watch Vintage Mechanical 15 J Restored Swiss Zenith Movement ⌚

Description

Dear customers, we were very lucky with this Zenith movement because it came with original Zenith enamel covered dial in very well preserved, vintage condition. Please, check provided pictures
at eBay
picture gallery. This is a very
rare find Zenith
movement but to be able to find it with the original dial in such a pristine condition doesn't happen often. It is another one of our exclusive listings. This marriage watch would be a perfect addition to any watch collection. Don't miss your opportunity to obtain such a rare piece of history!
This watch used to be a Zenith pocket watch. Original case was recycled, we restored the original Zenith movement and placed it in a modern case. It is a very well preserved movement. We were also very lucky with this movement because the original dial was in such a perfectly preserved condition, we were able to keep it with the movement. In this case, you get both, original Zenith Dial and original Zenith Movement.
We did very few cleaning and restoration for the movement. It was initially in perfect condition. You can see this clearly from provided photos. The process this watch went through is called 'marriage' (hence the term, marriage watch). This wristwatch was made on a base of original Swiss Zenith pocket watch movement and original Zenith dial. This pocket watch mechanism was modified into a wristwatch and placed in made to fit modern wrist watch movement case. You are looking at a professionally made marriage wrist watch product.
Prior to listing this wristwatch for sale we run it through vigorous tests to make sure it keeps time and it will continue serving you like it served its original owner.
CASE
: New, modern open face engraved gold-plated case.
DIAL
: Original enamel Zenith dial in perfectly preserved, very good vintage condition. Dial is well preserved judging by time and its current state.
Dial is signed with
: Zenith.
Dial Diameter
: 40 mm
CASE DIAMETER
: 46 mm
CASE THICKNESS
: 14 mm
MOVEMENT
: Manual winding. 15 Jewels. It is signed: Zenith.
SERIAL NUMBER
: 7712
You can check this movement background and validate its authenticity by researching its serial number.
Please, note, some of the wearable parts on the movement might be replaced, and custom made to fit, since it is close to impossible to find original parts. This movement is no longer manufactured by Zenith.
The watch is in fully working condition. Its accuracy is +/- ~5 min a day. We test all our watches multiple times prior to listing it for sale. We test all our watches before shipping them to customers.
This is a marriage watch. Vintage Zenith mechanism was fit into the new modern case in order to give the movement a "second life". It is highly recommended to service this watch once every two-three years. We can do this for you too, per your request.
Watch glass
: Mineral
Lug size
: 22 mm
Band material
: Double layered Italian Leather. Soft and heavy duty at the same time. Should last you at least 4-5 years of active, every day use.
Winding
: Manual
Jewels
: 15
Paperwork / Box
: No
Waterproof / Dust proof
: No
Width
: 55 mm (with the crown)
Height
: 69 mm (with strap holders)
Case diameter
: 46 mm
Thickness
: 14 mm
Band material:
Double layered Italian Leather. Soft and heavy duty at the same time. Should last you at least 4-5 years of active, every day use.
Care Instructions:
It is highly recommended to keep this watch away from children, corrosive substances, from any type of magnetic fields and I would not wear them in dusty and high humidity environments (i.e. beaches, deserts, tropical jungles, rainforests).
Warranty:
All our marriage watches come with 3 year warranty. You would have to ship your watch for warranty service to our New York office. Within first 180 days upon purchase you can return this watch for a full refund. After 180 days we will repair and service it for free. After 180 days return shipping (both ways) will be a responsibility of the buyer.
Domestic Shipping:
We ship by FedEx fully insured with signature confirmation (if watch cost would require it per eBay policy or at our own discretion). If you wish us to ship by USPS, DHL, TNT or UPS, please, before paying for this watch send us a message.
International Shipping:
Due to ongoing delays in international shipping services we are going to ship this watch by FedEx International only and fully insured. Please, if you for any reason cannot receive FedEx shipment in your country you can use US mail forwarding service and we will ship your order to your US mail forwarding address. In this case when you place your order, please, add US mail forwarding address as your shipping address in eBay order details. We only ship to the address indicated in eBay order details. No exceptions.
Please, Note:
This watch is located in New York (United States). We do ship internationally.
Any import duties, taxes, and other charges are not included in the item price and are buyer's responsibility.
I (seller) cannot be held responsible if you (buyer) would have to pay import duties.
Thank you for your interest in our listings!
Side note:
Dear customers, in many instances I am asked to describe how we create our marriage watches. I will try to be brief but at the same time I will try not to miss any important detail in the following text:
In most cases, we do the following, we find vintage, antique Omega movements on eBay (or other marketplaces) in any condition. Generally, they are sold with or without a dial in various condition from completely trashed, to close to very good vintage condition. Trashed movements are used as donors. In most cases, those movements are nonworking. We rarely get watches to restore with original pocket watch cases. Pocket watch cases are absent because in many instances original pocket watch cases are made of precious metals and are being recycled (melted).
Obtained movements are disassembled completely, cleaned, restored and one of our team members (we have a team of several individuals), a licensed horologist puts all pieces together and tries to make this assembled movement work. In many cases, we have to use so-called donors. Donor is a similar (or sometimes the very same) movement which parts can be used with the movement we try to put to life. If no donor is available and the missing (destroyed) part can be custom made, we order it to be made in Switzerland and shipped to us. Otherwise this movement becomes a donor itself. In instances when we have all necessary parts, upon full assembly, movement is run through vigorous tests. Sometimes these tests last for months. During testing phase, restored movement is adjusted, custom calibrated. Once our horologist is confident that movement is fully operational, other team members either restore the original dial (very rare case, since original dials generally come in very poor condition and therefore recycled) or creates a new dial.
After new dial is done (or original dial is in acceptable for re-sale condition), we try to make this restored movement to fit into one of the standard modern-made wristwatch cases. We, generally, have 4 type of cases:
1. manufactured and not laser (or hand) engraved (basic);
2.
manufactured and laser (or hand) engraved on one side (for medium priced models);
3.
manufactured and laser (or hand) engraved on both sides (only for the most expensive models);
4. Cases made and welded from scratch. Handcrafted cases. (when movement and dial do not fit into a standard case).
Cases are prepared ahead of time, they are decorated (engraved) by hand by side employed engraving specialist with over 30 years of experience. In most cases these cases are also gold plated to give them 'rich' look. Once movement is placed in a new case, it is a testing phase where for almost 1-3 months our testing guy runs a new wristwatch through a new set of tests. If a watch fails any of these tests it is either calibrated or-and disassembled again and the horologist gives it another look. Basically, these are the steps each one of our watches goes through before it hits the sale floor.
Since the creation of each one of our watches involves several individuals, many hours of labor, it adds up to the price of each one of our marriage products. To some, it might look astronomical, but we do price all our watches carefully and try not to price them above market value for each individual movement.
Thank you so much for reading this! If you will have any further questions, please, do not hesitate to send me a message or call me directly (+one 240-four-five-two-60two8). Customers living in NYC area are always welcome to come over and take a look at this magnificent watch in person and try it out. Due to ongoing pandemic we require all our customers to wear face covering.