AUTHENTIC VINTAGE MONDIA 100M GENTS DIVERS WRISTWATCH (TRADED)

BRAND/JENAMA: VINTAGE MONDIA 100M GENTS DIVERS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1970's

MODEL: 100M

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: MINERAL CRYSTAL

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: 25 JEWELS SWISS ETA AUTOMATIC WINDING MOVEMENT CAL. 2832-2

DIAL COLOR: BLACK

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: QUICKSET DATE AT 3:00

HANDS/JARUM: LUMINOUS SILVER TONE MERCEDES HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: LUMINOUS DOT (BELIEVED IT WAS RELUMED BY PREVIOUS OWNER)

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL

LUGS: 20mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 40mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 46 mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: ALL STAINLESS STEEL, WATER RESISTANT 10 ATM, AUTOMATIC, 0160 S/N, MONDIA

CROWN: SCREW DOWN SS CROWN

STRAP/TALI: NEW BLACK RUBBER TROPIK (RM300 IN VALUE)

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL

PRICE/HARGA: USD220/RM700 TRADED WITH CIKGU ZUL FROM KOTA BELUD, SABAH

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.

1970 • The CRONOMETRO TIPO CP2 aviation chronographs with anti-magnetic case and 60-minute rotating lunette, manufactured for A. Cairelli in Rome.

1971 • The American ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION took a majority stake in the MONDIA-ZENITH-MOVADO group.

1978 • The group returned to the hands of Swiss investors, with DIXI, the financial and mechanical constructions group, as major shareholder.

1984 • MOVADO taken over by NORTH AMERICAN WATCH Co, and the name ZENITH appeared alone on the watch dials.

2000 • ZENITH taken over by L.V.M.H group.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE ZENO RETRO MENS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC ZENO BASEL GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1960

MODEL: RETRO

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACCRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: SWISS 25 JEWELS AUTOMATIC ESA CAL.2284

DIAL COLOR: RED WITH FAUX DIAMONDS MARKERS

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: Hours, Minutes, SECOND, DAYDATE AT 6:00

HANDS/JARUM: SILVER TONE

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: FAUX DIAMONDS MARKERS

CASING : OVAL SHAPED SOLID STAINLESS STEEL/ KELULI SEPENUHNYA

WATER RESISTANT: -

LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 34mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN

BEZEL: -

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING:

CROWN: ORIGINAL UNSIGNED ZENO SS CROWN

STRAP/TALI: NEW BLACK LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: FULL LENGHT

EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING GOODTIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

RETAIL PRICE:

PRICE/HARGA: RM600 (NEGOTIABLE/BOLEH DIRUNDING)

LISTING:RM600.00 SOLD: RM COST:

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

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE ZENITH CRONOMETER GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE ZENITH CHRONOMETE6 GENTS DRIVER WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1960's

MODEL: DRESS

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACCRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: ZENITH 19 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT CAL. 532c (CHRONOMETER) S/N 5098645

DIAL COLOR: METALLIC DARK GREY

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTES, AND CENTRE SWIPE SECONDS AND DATE WINDOW AT 5;00

HANDS/JARUM: LUMED GOLD TONE

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: GOLD TONE BATON MARKERS

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL

LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 38mm DIAMETER W/O CROWN and 42mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING:

CROWN: ORIGINAL ZENITH GP CROWN

STRAP/TALI: NEW BLACK LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

GOOD CONDITION, KEEPING TIME AND RARE FIND

PRICE/HARGA: RM1800 (NEGOTIABLE/BOLEH DIRUNDING)

Zenith was founded in 1865 in Le Locle, Switzerland by a 22-year-old clockmaker named Georges Favre-Jacot. Unlike competitors at the time, Zenith made its own movements. By 1875, Zenith employed almost a third of the town’s population to manufacture its pocket watches.

Acclaim for the company's products came fairly q...uickly. There was a gold medal at the Swiss National Exhibition in 1896, followed by a first prize for chronometers at a Neuchâtel Observatory competition in 1903. By the 1920's, Zenith had introduced its first wristwatches, which were cased in gold and reflected the Art Deco sensibility of the day.

Despite significant global disturbances such as the Great Depression in the 1930's and World War II, production increased until the 1950's, when Zenith was one of the unquestioned leaders in Swiss watchmaking (in that decade, its calibers won prizes from the Neuchâtel Observatory five years in a row).

A typical vintage Zenith dress wristwatch from 1955 had an 18k rose gold case, a silver dial, and a hand-stitched black patent alligator strap. Inside was a 135 caliber, manual-movement chronometer, which at the time was state of the art.

Sports models such as the Pilot, designed to compete with the Rolex Explorer, appeared in the 1960's, but the biggest news of that decade was the 1969 launch of Zenith’s El Primero chronograph movement. Watches from this era with this movement inside are among the most collectible vintage Zenith wristwatches available.

Work on this marvel of watchmaking (150 individual stamps were required to manufacture all its tiny parts) had begun in 1962. Despite subsequent advances in technology, El Primero remains the only integrated chronograph caliber with automatic winding in both directions, and the only mechanical movement to vibrate at a rate of 36,000 beats per hour, making it accurate to within a tenth of a second.

Zenith has a long reputation for the quality and precision of their watches, with 1,565 1st-place precision awards to date. Zenith, is one of the few Swiss watch brands that make their own mechanical movements - the Elite (standard movement) and the El Primero (chronograph). The El Primero movement has a frequency of 36,000 alternations per hour. This high rate allows a resolution of 1/10th of a second and a potential for greater positional accuracy over the more typical chronometer frequency of 28,000 alt per hour.

Ironically, at the same time that Zenith introduced it's greatest movement, quartz arrived to the watch world, an invention that would almost destroy the traditional swiss watch industry in the subsequent years. Zenith takes on the quartz challenge, preserving its precious tooling and waiting for the inevitable comeback of the mechanical movements. While many watch manufacturers ceased to exist during this rough years, Zenith was able to persist in part thanks to supplying its El Primero movement to other prestigious watch makers, the most famous being the Rolex Daytona.

The turn of the century saw Zenith reinvent itself and modernize its timepieces. In 2002 at the Basel watch fair, Zenith launched 4 new movements and 14 new models that represented an overwhelming 52 new variations. There have been several innovations made by Zenith in the 2000's and many new models have been launched. Currently, Zenith has been launching a collection of sport-chic watches entitled DEFY, and are further progressing the modernity of their timepieces.

Zenith was purchased by luxury giant LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennesy) in November 1999, becoming one of several brands in LVMH's watch and jewelry division.

Presently, Zenith markets five watch lines, including the Chronomaster, Class, Port-Royal, Vintage, Defy, Star and the all new Omnipotence.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE HMT MILITARY BROAD ARROW GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE hmt MILITARY BROAD ARROW GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: INDIA

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1960's

MODEL: MILITARY

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC CLEAN / BERSIH TANPA CALAR

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: HMT 17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT BY CITIZEN, JAPAN

DIAL COLOR: BLUE MILITARY

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: MILITARY

HANDS/JARUM: LUME SILVER TONE / KEPERAKAN

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: LUMED ARABIC MILITARY MARKERS

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL / KELULI SEPENUHNYA

BEZEL: STAINLESS STEEL

LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 38mm DIAMETER WITHOUT CROWN and 43mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: MODEL NO. 14001

CROWN: SS/ KELULI

STRAP/TALI: NEW GENUINE BLACK LEATHER MILITARY STRAP

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

DISCONTINUED MODEL, VERY VERY RARE HARD TO FIND, EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING TIME

PRICE/HARGA: RM500.00 (NEGOTIABLE)

BRIEF HISTORY OF HMT WRISTWATCH

HMT Watches were produced by Indian Giant Hindustan Machine Tool and re-named the watch as HMT. HMT was among the top 10 manufacturers of wrist watches in the world, based on the number of watches produced.

The new HMT watches used the movement supplied by Japan Citizen. The HMT are scattered all over the world, especially in South Asia especially India with Sanjay and Vijay model, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Far East, Asia Pacific and Africa. This watch was specially made for Indian Military.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE HMT MILITARY BROAD ARROW GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE hmt MILITARY BROAD ARROW GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: INDIA

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1960's

MODEL: MILITARY

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC CLEAN / BERSIH TANPA CALAR

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: HMT 17 JEWELS MANUAL MOVEMENT BY CITIZEN, JAPAN

DIAL COLOR: BLACK MILITARY

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: MILITARY

HANDS/JARUM: LUME SILVER TONE / KEPERAKAN

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: LUMED ARABIC MILITARY MARKERS

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL / KELULI SEPENUHNYA

BEZEL: STAINLESS STEEL

LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 38mm DIAMETER WITHOUT CROWN and 43mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: MODEL NO. 14001

CROWN: SS/ KELULI

STRAP/TALI: NEW GENUINE BLACK LEATHER MILITARY STRAP

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

DISCONTINUED MODEL, VERY VERY RARE HARD TO FIND, EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING TIME

PRICE/HARGA: RM500.00 (NEGOTIABLE)

BRIEF HISTORY OF HMT WRISTWATCH

HMT Watches were produced by Indian Giant Hindustan Machine Tool and re-named the watch as HMT. HMT was among the top 10 manufacturers of wrist watches in the world, based on the number of watches produced.

The new HMT watches used the movement supplied by Japan Citizen. The HMT are scattered all over the world, especially in South Asia especially India with Sanjay and Vijay model, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Far East, Asia Pacific and Africa. This watch was specially made for Indian Military.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE HMT MILITARY BROAD ARROW GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE hmt MILITARY BROAD ARROW GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: INDIA

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1960's

MODEL: MILITARY

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC CLEAN / BERSIH TANPA CALAR

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: HMT 17 JEWELS MANUAL MOVEMENT BY CITIZEN JAPAN

DIAL COLOR: BLACK MILITARY RAILROAD

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: MILIATRY

HANDS/JARUM: LUME SILVER TONE / KEPERAKAN

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: LUME DOT AND ARABIC MILITARY MARKERS

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL / KELULI SEPENUHNYA

BEZEL: STAINLESS STEEL

LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 38mm DIAMETER WITHOUT CROWN and 43mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: MODEL NO. 14001

CROWN: SS/ KELULI

STRAP/TALI: NEW GENUINE BLACK LEATHER MILITARY STRAP

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

DISCONTINUED MODEL, VERY VERY RARE HARD TO FIND, EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING TIME

PRICE/HARGA: RM600.00 (NEGOTIABLE)

BRIEF HISTORY OF HMT WRISTWATCH

HMT Watches were produced by Indian Giant Hindustan Machine Tool and re-named the watch as HMT. HMT was among the top 10 manufacturers of wrist watches in the world, based on the number of watches produced.

The new HMT watches used the movement supplied by Japan Citizen. The HMT are scattered all over the world, especially in South Asia especially India with Sanjay and Vijay model, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Far East, Asia Pacific and Africa. This watch was specially made for Indian Military.

AUTHENTIC NEW OLD STOCK RICOH PRESIDENTGENTS WRISTWATCHES

DESCRIPTION

BRAND	: RICOH
MODEL	: DYNAMIC WIDE - 21 JEWELS
AGE OF THE WATCH	: 1970's
FEATURES	: 1. SILVER COLOUR 2. GOLD COLOUR - ORIGINAL DIAL WITH DAY ON FIG 12 & DATE ON FIG 3. RICOH MARK ON CROWN. STAINLESS STEEL CASE & BACK, RICOH MARK & SIGN ON BACK, SERIAL # 2009. 21 JEWELS MOVEMENT. EXCELLENT CONDITION MOVEMENT. NEWLY INSTALLED 20MM BELT.
MOVEMENT TYPE	: WINDING - 21 JEWELS MOVEMENT, MOVEMENT RECENTLY SERVICED IN FULL WORKING ORDER & KEEPING GOOD TIME.
CASE & BACK	: STAINLESS STEEL CASE & BACK.
CRYSTAL	: ACRYLIC CRYSTAL
CASE DIAMETER	: 36MM WITH CROWN
CASE SIZE LUG TO LUG	: 42MM LUG TO LUG
DIAL	: SILVER COLOUR ORIGINAL DIAL WITH DAY ON FIG 12 & DATE ON FIG 3.
BELT (STARPS)	: NEWLY INSTALLED 20MM BELT.
MADE	: JAPAN
PRICE	: RM300
HOW TO USE IT	: DAY/DATE : Push the upside button to change date individually. : Move the hands for 24 hours to change Day/Date.

BRIEF HISTORY OF RICOH WATCHES

Ricoh started on February 6, 1936 as Riken Corporation (or per the Fact Book, "Riken Kankoshi Co., Ltd.") based on the work of Dr. Ookawati Masatoshi [which apparantly deals with photographic paper or "sensitized paper" as the Ricoh Fact Book calls it]. March 1938, the company name was changed to Riken Optical Industry (or per the Fact Book, "Riken Optical Co., Ltd.") and started production of optical devices and equipment.

May 1962 - Ohmori Plant and General Research Laboratory completed.
Apr. 1, 1963 - Name changed (again) to Ricoh Co., Ltd.
May 1967 - Ginza Office established.

Mr. Kiyoshi Ichimura [or Itimura] is shown as having a growing career within this company, as well as having various business leadership roles outside Ricoh. From the Fact Book,

Feb. 2, 1936 Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed executive managing director [until Jan. 11, 1946]

Jan. 12, 1946 Kiyoshi Ichimura appointed president [until Dec. 16, 1968]
Per Hokkaido, he died November 17, 2004 of chronic hepatitis per Hokkaido, but per the 2006 Fact Book: "Dec. 16, 1968 Founder and President Kiyoshi Ichimura passed away" I'm inclined to believe the official Ricoh document on this one!!

It is not stated outright, but implied, that Ricoh took over (bought out) the ailing Takano firm.

In 1962, Hamilton entered into a joint venture (60% owned by Hamilton) with the Japanese watchmaking firm Ricoh to produce electric watches meant primarily for the Japanese market. The partnership was dissolved in 1965. See the "group entry" for Hamilton Ricoh watches for additional background information.