AUTHENTIC VINTAGE MONDIA 100M GENTS DIVERS WRISTWATCH (TRADED)

BRAND/JENAMA: VINTAGE MONDIA 100M GENTS DIVERS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1970's

MODEL: 100M

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: MINERAL CRYSTAL

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: 25 JEWELS SWISS ETA AUTOMATIC WINDING MOVEMENT CAL. 2832-2

DIAL COLOR: BLACK

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: QUICKSET DATE AT 3:00

HANDS/JARUM: LUMINOUS SILVER TONE MERCEDES HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: LUMINOUS DOT (BELIEVED IT WAS RELUMED BY PREVIOUS OWNER)

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL

LUGS: 20mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 40mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 46 mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: ALL STAINLESS STEEL, WATER RESISTANT 10 ATM, AUTOMATIC, 0160 S/N, MONDIA

CROWN: SCREW DOWN SS CROWN

STRAP/TALI: NEW BLACK RUBBER TROPIK (RM300 IN VALUE)

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL

PRICE/HARGA: USD220/RM700 TRADED WITH CIKGU ZUL FROM KOTA BELUD, SABAH

BRIEF HISTORY OF MONDIA-ZENITH-MOVADO WATCHES

1875 • George Favre-Jacot succeeded in his goal: to produce reasonably priced, precise fob watches.His company employed one-third of the working population of Locle.

1896 • Manufacturer won Gold Medal at the Swiss National Exhibition.

1903 • First prize in the Neuchâtel Observatory competition for chronometers.

1911 • George Favre-Jacot retired and left the flourishing business to his descendants, under the name ZENITH.

1917 • Death of George Favre-Jacot.

1920 • First wristwatch models.

1954 • ZENITH won the Neuchâtel Observatory prize for wristwatch chronometers.

1960 • ZENITH took over MARTEL WATCH Co.

The UNIVERSELS caliber 749 and 285 became the ZENITH 146 family.

1969 • Birth of the EL PRIMERO movement, the first chronograph in the world equipped with a winding crown with central rotor.

ZENITH became a member of the MONDIA-ZENITH-MOVADO holding company.

1970 • The CRONOMETRO TIPO CP2 aviation chronographs with anti-magnetic case and 60-minute rotating lunette, manufactured for A. Cairelli in Rome.

1971 • The American ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION took a majority stake in the MONDIA-ZENITH-MOVADO group.

1978 • The group returned to the hands of Swiss investors, with DIXI, the financial and mechanical constructions group, as major shareholder.

1984 • MOVADO taken over by NORTH AMERICAN WATCH Co, and the name ZENITH appeared alone on the watch dials.

2000 • ZENITH taken over by L.V.M.H group.