I bought another watch. A Zenith Brand Caliber 126. Dress Watch with Sub Second Dial. Paid $450 + $20 shipping. A simple, entry-level, vintage piece to round out my humble collection. I could buy a Nomos Tangente, but the Zenith just speaks to me. Idk...perhaps old age setting in? In any case, that's enough watches for 2015. Enough for quite some time as I have plenty to wear now. It should arrive in the mail in about a week and I'll post pics after I've examined it further. Hopefully, it's the genuine article and in decent condition.
Some basic questions I will try to answer is what specific Caliber is the movement? Been seeing various info about the nuances between Cal 40, 126, 126-6, et cetera. It looks a bit beat up, so not sure if I got a deal or not. At minimum so long as it's authentic, working and wearable that should suffice.
Zenith Caliber 126
Here are what specs and info I could gather on this movement.
Several Versions:
- Cal 126 - Base
- Cal 126-5 - Indirectly Driven Second Hand
- Cal 126-6 - Antishock
- Cal 126-5-6 - Both Indirect Second + Antishock
Beats @ 18,000 bph (5 beats per second)
Quite a few were made and it's a fairly common, basic movement. Nothing fancy. But a decent workhorse.
Serial Number / Age
You can roughly estimate the age by the Serial Number on the movement.
4,000,000 = 1952
4,700,000 = 1958
6,000,000 = 1965
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