gpuck Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 I saw some pretty nice looking watches made by Zodiac at a store today. Sign said they are Swiss made. Had some nice big GMT watches for around $200. Any comments or thoughts? Thanks, Gpuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosanim Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 I've seen Zodiac often @ Costco. It is supposed be OK brand but not that prestegious to be repped as far as my little what I heard before story goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiropraktor Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Often seen swiss auto Zodiac at Fossil outlet on sale for very low price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpuck Posted May 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Thanks guys. They have some very different but good looking watches. Gpuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJGladeRaider Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 I saw some pretty nice looking watches made by Zodiac at a store today. Sign said they are Swiss made. Had some nice big GMT watches for around $200. Any comments or thoughts? Thanks, Gpuck Once upon a time, Zodiac was the maker of the Sea Wolf which was an awesome watch. That would have been late 60's to early 70's I think. I wish I could have mine back restored like new. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worlok Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Zodiac was an old proud Swiss watch company which sort of went out of business and Fossil recently bought the name and revived it. Guess is they are Asian parts maybe assembled in Switzerland as the "Swiss Made" isn't what it used to be. I don't care for the new ones. I liked the vintage ones. The quartz divers look nice but I dislike quartz. The automatic ones that just came out look like some Seiko abomination, IMO. Those hands! Those hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 One of my early watch purchases was a TT Zodiac "Red Point" Dive watch for $250. I took it scuba diving last summer down to 100ft which is as far as I'm going! The watch did fine. Ironically, the dial says automatic, but the movement is quartz- must have been at the tail end of the production run when they were switching from auto movts to quartz. Last year I bought my nephew a Zodiac Desert Shadow Chrono for like $125 on the bay- quartz w/ wr to 100m as I recall. He's been happy w/ it. Not like a rep, at least you can go swimming w/ it! I ran across a place in Florida yesterday that sells older Zodiacs, red points, silver points, stuff from the 90's and prices ran from $500 up to around $1500. Collector's items now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinitime Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 One of my early watch purchases was a TT Zodiac "Red Point" Dive watch for $250. I took it scuba diving last summer down to 100ft which is as far as I'm going! The watch did fine. Ironically, the dial says automatic, but the movement is quartz- must have been at the tail end of the production run when they were switching from auto movts to quartz. Last year I bought my nephew a Zodiac Desert Shadow Chrono for like $125 on the bay- quartz w/ wr to 100m as I recall. He's been happy w/ it. Not like a rep, at least you can go swimming w/ it! I ran across a place in Florida yesterday that sells older Zodiacs, red points, silver points, stuff from the 90's and prices ran from $500 up to around $1500. Collector's items now. The old ones like the Seawolf were classics...the new "Zodiac" is a branding company, and source most of their stuff from China... I would say the quality is comparable to a Timex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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