Zenith Kartoffel 707 Observatory Chronometer

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Model:	Zenith	Last Scraped:	Nov. 29, 2023, 1:47 a.m.
Username:	Salman Hussain	Location:	Unknown
Email:	Unknown	Feedback:	No Reviews Found

Hello Everyone,

For Sale is the Zenith Kartoffel 707 Observatory Chronometer. The movement 707 Kartoffel No. 601 was developed purely for performance for the Neuchatel Chronometer Observatory trials in 1965 and 66, a Formula 1 engine, not for sale to the public, most of them have been lost to history.

Thanks to the well known German Watch Journalist and Author Mr. Christian Pfeiffer Belli he saved this historically important movement and had it secured in a bespoke case. It is a unique piece and the only one of its type in the world.

This piece should be in a Museum but is available to worn and enjoyed.

It is a well documented piece having appeared in the authoritative tome of Manfred Rossler on Zenith:

Price: USD 8,500

Price includes FedEx shipping to your doorstep anywhere in the World.

Email: arezzo 66 @ yahoo. com (pls remove spaces)

Timepiece and myself are based in Kuwait. Payment is by Bank Wire Transfer only. The Price includes FedEx Global Priority shipping and it could take 3 to 6 days depending upon where you are based. All Sales Final.

References are available and you can always ask about me and I'm a long time member.

If there is anything I can help you with please do tell me.

Best Regards,

SALMAN

Credit and Thank You: Manfred Rossler and his book on Zenith

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	Established:	1865
	Website:	http://www.zenith-watches.com/
	Country of Origin:	Switzerland

Zenith SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker. The company was started in 1865 by Georges Favre-Jacot at the age of 22, in Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel. Zenith was purchased by LVMH in November 1999, becoming one of several brands in their watch and jewellery division. Jean-Claude Biver became Interim CEO in 2017, replaced CEO Aldo Magada, who replaced Jean-Frédéric Dufour in 2014.

Zenith has a long reputation for the quality and precision of their watches. It is one of the Swiss watch manufacturers that still produce their own movements in-house.

The El Primero calibre, which was first released in 1969, and still produced today, was one of the first automatic chronograph movements and has a frequency of 36,000 alternations per hour (5 Hz). This high rate allows a resolution of 1⁄10 of a second and a potential for greater positional accuracy over the more common standard frequency of 28,800 alternations per hour (4 Hz). The El Primero was honoured with a 2012 release of the El Primero Stratos Flyback Striking 10th, limited to 1,969 pieces (in honour of the original 1969 release date), that housed the same 36,000 vph movement and a sub-dial measuring in tenths of a second to make a complete rotation every ten seconds.

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