vintage Rado mechanical

[Panda01]

Dear mechanical watch users,
I submitt to Your attention a model of an old Zenith model I can not track anywhere. What surpises me is that the model do not have the "star" logo, but something else, do You regocnize it? Is there any site that You know having a history of this model? Regards

[Ray MacDonald]

Thanks for posting and welcome. Your photos are too small for us to tell much, sorry.

[Hartmut Richter]

Well, I "blew them up" a little - enough to see a little more. Is the watch a very high beat watch (36 000 A/h, =5 Hz)? In that case - and it should be, there is practically nothing else it could be - it will have a Zenith Cal. 2832, which is really an ETA 2832:

http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-...wk&Zenith_2832

The only other automatic day-date calibre Zenith used was the Movado 405 and this definitely isn't it.

As for the logo, this is the standard Zenith logo since their fusion with Movado in 1969. It is not always found on Zenith watches made since then, but can frequently be found on their crowns. Recently, Zenith reintroduced the star, but only for their high-end watches (as if their ordinary ones weren't high end enough - quality and price wise!).

Hartmut Richter

[Panda01]

Dear Hartmurt,Thank you for feed back. I do not own the watch, someone want to sell it, just I was not sure about authenticity.
ALL the best watch lovers!