Zodiac Astroquartz Day-Date 1970s
Calibre ESA 9362Condition — Lightly polished gold-plated case with some brassing, original dial and hands
Provenance — Bought at auction online, like most of what I keep.
The little integrated circuit sitting under the balance-wheel-shaped bridge is what first pulled my eye when I opened the case back on this one, a reminder that Zodiac built the Astroquartz as a genuine early electronic movement rather than a quartz retrofit of an old design. The dial is a clean brushed silver with a printed red dot marking the ESA 9362 caliber, applied gold-tone baton indices, and matching dauphine hands, with the day/date window at three set in a crisp white cutout. The gold-plated case has held its shine well on the flat surfaces but shows brassing through at the case edges and lugs, plain evidence of real wrist time rather than shelf sitting. Turning it over, the octagonal Zodiac medallion on the back is still sharply struck, and the serial beneath it is legible but I'm not printing it here. This suits someone who wants 1970s quartz history worn in, not polished up.
Buying from a stranger, in short. Every fault I know of is in the listing, and if you find one I missed, the return stands. Take the watch to a watchmaker of your choosing before you pay — I have never once objected. Fourteen days to send it back, for any reason at all.
Privatverkauf. Everything described above — case, dial, hands, lume, rate and service history — is agreed condition for this watch and I stand behind all of it. Beyond that, the watch is sold excluding liability for material defects, as is normal between private individuals for a vintage mechanical object of this age. That exclusion does not cover anything I have misdescribed or failed to disclose, and never covers injury or intent.
Fourteen days to return it for any reason — my own promise, not a statutory withdrawal right. Terms · How I describe conditionElsewhere in the collection
