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Pocket watch case with a small serial number

This Billodes pocket watch for the Ottoman market has the smallest case s/n I’ve ever seen – 2442. It has a Billlodes-53 movement.
According to the legend of the owner’s family, the watch was brought from the Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878 as a trophy.

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Does My Blue Beauty Need Servicing?

This is my Zenith. Great watch. It's a 2017 model. Keeps perfect time. I have the original box and papers but the watch wa…

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HELP: Zenith Elite Port Royal

https://www.kupujemprodajem.com/rucni-i-dzepni-satovi/rucni-satovi-brendovi-muski/zenith-elite-port-royal-automatic-original/oglas/183562782

after quite a bit of rummaging around i found this watch, it is visua…

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what do these numbers mean

Hi, this is my first post. This is the back of a 1950s Zenith 18ct white gold ladies watch. I have checked the serial number of the watch movement, 1520, but cannot find out what these numbers in the photo relate to. Has anybody any information to hel…

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Billodes/Zenith Serkisoff Ottoman Pocket Watch

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I am a collector of Ottoman pocket watches. I recently purchased a K.Serkisoff & Co Pocket watch. It has a Billodes mechanism inside. I have been trying to date or approx. date of this watch was made. Although I have been searching for a web si…

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Second hand snapped on my chronograph!

Yeah, snapped clean thru at the disc, and now the hand ia just laying on the dial while the disc and the tail of the hand is still spinning on the pinion. I did pull out the crown to prevent any potential metal shards (there shouldn't be any, was …

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Introducing: Zenith x USM Defy

As two icons of Swiss design and manufacturing, ZENITH and USM Modular Furniture have both created legacies of enduring quality, bold design, and exceptional craftsmanship since their beginnings. Both brands demonstrate that, across different industrie…

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Does this minute hand look right?

Looking closer at my Chronomaster 03.3200.3600, I noticed that the minute hand is curved/bent toward the end as if to follow the crystal. At first I thought it was distortion but It's not. Tried to capture it in a picture. Any thoughts? It's …

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Zenith cal. 10.1/2, 18jewels, 30s

Has anyone come across a Zenith watch from the mid-1930s with a movement cal 10.5, 18 jewel? Does everything look original?

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2 Zenith Horodates

What's better than having one Horodate? Two!

In a previous thread I shared my first horodate that I aquired a few months ago. Well a few Months later I'm here to show my second!
It arrived some time ago however life gets busy
The second Hor…

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