Image courtesy of network54 user: davec737īelow is a black dial model with a gold plated bezel, again with broad dauphine hands. The 699 model designation continued but the case back changed to a press fit rated initially at 10 atmospheres, later becoming 20 atmospheres. The initial advertising referred to the mil-spec model. Zodiac, in conjunction with Doxa, Eberhard, Favre-Leuba, and Girard-Perregaux, later refined AS base calibres to produce the Zodiac calibre 70-72 used in subsequent model Zodiac Sea Wolf.įor reference, the Blancpain had an elapsed time bakelite bezel also marked at 15, 30 and 45. The AS calibre 1624 was developed in the early 1950s, and runs at 18,000 bph with a running reserve of 42 hours. The early Zodiac movement (AS1624 without hacking) which predates the calibre 70-72 movement.
This is a later model 699 and has the count down bezel but the dial now has triangular indices at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o’clock with applied numerals inserted into the lume. image watchuseek: jmh86325Ī white dial version is shown above. This AS1700 movement was also produced as 1580, 1641,16 and other model numbers are seen on Sea Wolf rotors. Schild movements and the 17 jewel AS1624 was used by Zodiac and Ernest Borel. Including the crystal case thickness, this measures approximately 9.5 mm. Case thickness, measured from the bottom of the case back to the top of the bezel, is approximately 7 mm. This watch measures approximately 34 mm excluding the crown, approximately 37 mm including the crown and approximately 17.5 mm between the lugs.
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After winding the sharply threaded, Zodiac signed crown 39 full revolutions the movement had a power reserve of approximately 42 hours. The 17 jewel unadjusted Swiss “Zodiac Ltd.” stamped AS 1624 automatic movement is shown above. The inside of the case back is stamped “Zodiac Ltd” followed by “Le Locle Swiss,””ACIER,””INOXYDABLE” and “699.”
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The serial numbers of metal bezel models generally run from 122xxxx to 192xxxx The case back is engraved “ZODIAC SEAWOLF WATER – TESTED 10 ATM ESPECIALLY” along with the Zodiac emblem. The model serial number is engraved between the lugs at 6 o’clock. The 10 Atm designation on the prototype above is reflected on the screw down back reading ZODIAC SEAWOLF WATER TESTED 10 ATM ESPECIALLY, together with the Zodiac gun sight logo. The arabic numerals at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 are interspersed with fluted steel baton indices, and the index at 12 is a double trapezium. The model number for the early Sea Wolf is 699, found inside the back screw down case back. Image courtesy TimeZone forum user: s2kev The bezel is coin-edged plated brass and has numerals at 15, 30 and 45, and often shows brass at the edges due to wear. Over time the Dauphine hands often lost their radium and became skeletons. The original radium (signified by “SWISS” on the dial) on both the hands and the dial is intact. The original “SWISS” signed white dial below has developed a pinkish-orange patina. It is shown with the original box below, with the Zodiac Oyster style stretch link bracelet Image courtesy Vintage Zodiacs Forum User: JDS (Ohio) Image courtesy Vintage Zodiacs Forum User: JDS (Ohio) Sea Wolf in cursive replaces 10 Atm beneath Zodiac on the dial. This pre Sea Wolf was model number 691 with the AS1361 movement.Īn early signed Sea Wolf production model is shown below, now with a count down bezel.
The hands are broad lumed Dauphine shape. The bezel is elapsed time, with numerals at 45, 30 and 15. The dial has numerals at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 with fluted indices elsewhere. This is signed 10 Atm (339 feet) below the Zodiac logo, and name Zodiac, but has a plain screw-down case back. The earliest models had an external bidirectional steel bezel, and a pre-Sea Wolf prototype model is shown below. However, the Zodiac was rated at 10 atmospheres (339 feet) and was more highly rated than the Blancpain 50 fathoms (300 feet). Both are credited with being the first commercially available diver’s watch. The first diver’s watch with a rotating bezel, the Zodiac Sea Wolf was announced at the Basel Fair together with the Fifty Fathoms from Blancpain in 1953.
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