Vintage Art Deco 1939 Zenith All Steel Tank Case Men’s Watch – Extremely Rare

This vintage Zenith wristwatch is a true collector's piece, featuring a classic and elegant Art Deco design. Made in Switzerland in the late 1930s, the watch has a stepped style solid stainless steel case and case back, paired with a new two-piece leather strap.

The watch is fitted with a newly sourced, fully original black gilt dial. It features beautiful gold-tone hour markers and matching original gold-tone hands all correct to the watch. Please disregard any previous or typical dial descriptions — this watch now has a correct and very attractive original configuration.

You may find the price slightly high at first glance; however, black and chocolate-colored dials like this were always more valuable than other dial variations, even in their time, and remain highly desirable among collectors today.

In addition, the fact that this is a larger-size watch with a beautiful and substantial case also adds to its value. Considering its age, the case, dial, hour and minute hands are all in exceptionally good condition. There are no deep or distracting scratches, dents, or significant impacts. The overall condition is truly impressive for a watch of this age.

The movement has been completely serviced and is running extremely well. I want to emphasize this once again: the watch is running exceptionally well and keeping very good time.

Of course, the watch must be wound properly to perform as it should. To make winding the watch easier and to allow it to be wound fully, I have fitted it with a large, period-correct steel crown that has never been used. This makes the crown much easier and more comfortable to grip and wind.

Some people are afraid that winding a vintage watch all the way might damage the movement, so they do not wind it sufficiently. As a result, the watch runs for a shorter period and they may then complain that there is a problem with the movement.

So, to the future owner of this watch, I kindly ask you: please wind the watch fully, as it is designed to be wound, so that it can operate at full performance and run for the proper amount of time. Please don't make me sad by telling me that there is something wrong with the watch simply because it was not wound enough. 😊

I am taking the subject this far with a little humor, of course. After all, I have been working with watches for 55 years, so I think I have earned the right to say:

“First learn how to wind the watch properly, and then buy the watch!” 😉

The rectangular case is all steel and measures 22 x 40 mm.

It houses a high-grade Zenith 8 3/4F movement, which has been fully serviced (overhauled, oiled, and timed). Please carefully review the movement photos — it is exceptionally clean, with no scratches or visible defects. The watch is running very well, and as shown on the timegrapher, it has an excellent daily deviation of only 0 to - 1 seconds.

The crystal is glass and is in excellent, scratch-free condition.

This timepiece is suitable for both casual and formal wear and will certainly appeal to collectors and enthusiasts alike.

Buy with confidence — you will be very satisfied with this watch.

“I will cover any customs duties required for buyers in the USA. The buyer will not need to pay any import taxes or customs fees. This 

applies to USA buyers only.”