Chris Heal FBHI watchmaker
chealwatch Ltd Watch Repairs 01797 260207
Oaklands Beckley Rye Sussex TN31 6TJ UK
email: chealwatch@btinternet.com

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Zenith

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quartz , mechanical

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We are able to Service and repair this brand and fit battery and reseal where required.
We only fit genuine parts including original glasses , crowns and movement parts.
Straps and bracelets may not be available for older models.
Chris Heal FBHI ( watchmaker ) has been authenticated by Zenith material supply as being qualified to purchase and fit Zenith parts to all Zenith watches.

Service charges

	Service mechanical timepiece	£40.00
	Service mechanical Automatic	£60.00
	Service mechanical Chronograph	£120.00
	Service mechanical Automatic chronograph including El Primero	£140.00
	Service quartz battery watch	£60.00
	Service quartz Chronograph and multifunction watches	As estimated
	Water Resistant testing and report within service.	£20.00
	Dial restore as original within service	£80.00
	battery and check sealing only 50m - 200m	£25.00

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Zenith Class calibre 680

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Zenith began production in Switzerland in 1865 and are one of the few companies that can call themselves a manufacturer, as they design, manufacture and assemble all components in their own factories. The Zenith Class uses the calibre 680 Elite movement. The creation of which was the result of more than 5 years of research, and is recognised in the horological world as being of unique and of exceptional quality and technical brilliance. It combines qualities of performance, reliability and precision in it’s elegant geometry. To go along with such qualities of the movement, the face of the watch has to really reflect what drives it, and this is precisely the case with the Elite. It is designed in a stylish, classical design, with pearl finish matt silver dial which has got a guilloche centre circle. It is plain and simple, yet unique, appealing and understated in its characteristics. The face is clean, and the design is perfect. The main time hands are gold, and the sub dial hands are black. The seconds is in the sub dial at the 9 position and the power reserve is at the 2 position, these sub dials are recessed to give the dial three dimensional look, which is extenuated by the guilloche centre. The case is likewise well designed and well balanced, with lovely curved angles on the lugs. The winding crown is discreet and small, the case is made of 18 karat solid gold with a solid gold back making the watch quite heavy in proportion to its size. It has nice touches such as the angled date window at the 5 position and the subsidiary seconds at the 9 position and stopping seconds for accurate time setting

Zenith is a company that you would have to invent if it didn't already exist.

Zenith has everything that you can wish for as a collector:

	A long history of high-quality precision watches
	Beautiful pocket watches since nearly 140 years and technological break-through wristwatches in modern times
	The Know-How of a true Manufactory
	An excellent price-performance ratio

Let us have a closer look at these issues:

A long history of high-quality precision watches

High Quality:
In Schmeltzer's "Taschen- und Armbanduhren richtig sammeln und bewerten," there is a table that lists numerous watch brands and indicates which degree of quality their products have. While there are many companies whose products cover the range from "good" to "excellent" or from "simple" to "very good," there is only one entry for Zenith: Very good. The company never cared for mediocrity or mass markets, from the very beginning, they made nothing but top quality.

Precision:
Zenith has a track record for observatory precision prizes that is unparalleled by any other company. The world precision record that the pocket watch caliber 5011 K set in 1969 is still valid!

Beautiful pocket watches since nearly 140 years and technological break-through wristwatches in modern times

When I became interested in (vintage) pocket watches, it was clear from the very beginning that I would look for Zenith watches - and I haven't been disappointed by any of them! 120 year old watches, never serviced, keep time with an accuracy of less than a minute per day without any cleaning or adjusting, but these values can still be improved with some TLC.

The technological break-through needs no further explanation - Zenith's "El Primero" caliber has no competition, the company, however, does not rest on its laurels: The Basel 2002 World Watch and Jewellery Show will see not less than four new versions of this world-famous 36000 a/h caliber.

El Primero

MOVEMENTS

Mechanisms with a soul of infinite scope

El Primero on the move. Here is a creation of quite extraordinary complexity: the first self-winding chronograph calibre with an oscillating weight rotating on a centrally positioned ball bearing, and with all the parts and complications perfectly integrated. It was in March 1969 that it made its première appearance, after more than five years of design and preliminary work. The handsomely scaled calibre has thirteen diameter lines, i.e. 30 mm for a slim 6.50 mm thickness, or 7.55 mm for the instantaneous changeover triple date version. The movement has a column wheel and classical reset hammers and to this day is still the finest on the market. It is also the most accurate of all movements. The glucydur balance wheel combined with a flat spiral spring made from top quality non-magnetic self-compensating Anachron oscillates at a rate of 36 000 vibrations per hour, to produce chronometer measurements accurate to one-tenth of a second.
The movement is not affected by any sudden changes or magnetic fields, and has the best long-term timing ratio in its category. The movement is comprised of 354 parts, and in the most complicated version 277 of these are different parts. There are 41 screws, plus 31 jewels; over fifty different points have to be oiled using ten different grades of lubricant (including four dry lubricants for the high-performance escapement) for the simple version, and another 38 points for the main plate of the triple date mechanism.
This truly wondrous movement requires a total of nine months work, involves between five and fifty separate operations per part, some fifty milling procedures at different points on the dial side and 77 milling procedures on the bridges side. More than eighteen different metals are used to make one movement, combined with the devotion of more than twenty specialist watchmakers dedicated to their daily work. Such complexity as found in El Primero, the movement created by ZENITH, must surely have a soul.

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9424212 gents strap automatic stainless steel

27.0350.165 ladies strap manual plated gold

01-0430-116 gents bracelet quartz stainless steel stainless steel

404d240 gents strap automatic stainless steel

01 2200 116 gents strap quartz stainless steel

27.1390.395 ladies strap manual plated gold

59-600-106 ladies bracelet quartz two colour two colour

219e248 ladies bracelet manual plated gold plated gold

986d 440 ladies strap manual plated gold

20.0800.350 ladies bracelet manual plated gold plated gold

27.2190.226 gents strap quartz plated gold

20 0318 150 ladies bracelet manual plated gold plated gold

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416520 ladies no strap manual gold

27.0030.425 gents strap quartz plated gold

20.0270.106 ladies strap quartz plated gold

33 0024 226a ladies strap quartz gold

20.0270.105 ladies strap quartz plated gold

20.0270.106 ladies strap quartz plated gold

33 0024 226a ladies strap quartz gold

59.0330.207 gents bracelet quartz two colour two colour

53 10 200051 ladies bracelet quartz gold gold

01.0110.207 gents bracelet quartz stainless steel stainless steel

27.0190.337 gents strap quartz plated gold

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631700051 ladies bracelet quartz gold gold

27.1350.116 gents strap quartz plated gold

85.0150.626 gents bracelet quartz two colour two colour

27.1830.116 gents strap quartz plated gold

330170578 ladies strap quartz gold

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85.0150.626 gents bracelet quartz two colour two colour

27.0030.425 gents bracelet quartz plated gold plated gold

20 0020 480 ladies strap manual plated gold

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85.0150.626 gents bracelet quartz two colour two colour

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59.0150.606 ladies bracelet quartz two colour two colour

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258e980 gents strap automatic stainless steel

27.0060.315 gents strap quartz plated gold

02-0360-380 gents bracelet automatic stainless steel stainless steel

8460563 gents no strap manual stainless steel

8460563 gents strap manual stainless steel stainless steel

90/27-2220.226 gents strap quartz plated gold

02.0362.380 gents bracelet automatic stainless steel stainless steel

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75.0150.606 ladies bracelet quartz stainless steel stainless steel

27.0060.315 gents no strap quartz plated gold

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59.0150.606 ladies bracelet quartz two colour two colour

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59.0150.606 ladies bracelet quartz two colour two colour

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20.2340.496 gents strap quartz plated gold

63007055 ladies bracelet quartz gold gold

361d135 gents strap manual gold

01-1311-380 gents no strap automatic stainless steel

361d135 gents strap manual gold

27-0060.226 gents strap quartz plated gold

02.0150.626 gents bracelet quartz stainless steel stainless steel

02.1040.337 gents strap quartz stainless steel

27.0160.578 ladies strap quartz plated gold

27.0190.337 gents strap quartz plated gold

19.0050.205 gents strap quartz stainless steel

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27.0200.337 gents strap quartz plated gold

370d553 gents bracelet manual stainless steel stainless steel

546395 ladies strap manual gold

27.1300.106 ladies strap quartz plated gold

02.2000.462 gents bracelet automatic stainless steel stainless steel

214e041 gents bracelet manual plated gold plated gold

02.2000.462 gents bracelet automatic stainless steel stainless steel

59.3150.226 gents bracelet quartz stainless steel stainless steel

27.0140.880 ladies strap quartz plated gold

27.0100.315 ladies strap quartz plated gold

59.3150.106 ladies bracelet quartz stainless steel stainless steel

59.0050.387 gents bracelet quartz two colour two colour

27 0570 106 ladies strap quartz plated gold

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914d 335 gents strap manual stainless steel

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