Zodiac Hermetic Three-hand 1960s
Ref. 602 756 · Calibre Zodiac 60Condition — Lightly polished steel case, original dial with even cream patina, some crystal scratches
Provenance — One of the pieces I bought online rather than in a shop.
What sold me on this Hermetic was the caseback engraving still crisp enough to read outright: "Acier Inoxydable," Zodiac Ltd, Le Locle Suisse, no wear to soften the strike. The dial is a warm silver sunburst, radiating cleanly from the centre with applied dagger indices and a printed Roman twelve, "Zodiac" and "hermetic" both intact in their original script. Hands are the same polished silver as the indices and have kept their shape without pitting. Flip it over and the calibre 60 is exposed, seventeen jewels, unadjusted, with even graining on the bridges and no scoring I can see. The case itself is unpolished, edges still sharp at the lugs, though the crystal carries scratching consistent with decades of handling. This one suits someone who wants a manual-wind three-hander to actually wear and not fuss over, not a shelf piece.
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 condition
