Zodiac Corsair Wooden Dial Gold Tone Swiss Automatic 17 Jewels Wrist Watch

Rare Vintage +/- 1968

NOT TESTED / NOT ORIGINAL BAND/ CRYSTAL SCRATCHES

Complete in Original Box (Rare Box on its own)

Mr. Aristide Calame, watchmaker, started his company in 1882 in Switzerland. It was a small friendly company making watches for their own collection or on commission for other watch companies like Jurgensen. Before the end of the 19th century, the pieces sold by Aristide were given a name "Zodiac". In 1908, due to its success, the name was protected under Swiss trademark law. That year was also the year that Zodiac started to produce its own movements. In 1930, the company presented one of the first self-winding wristwatches. Zodiac created iconic pieces like the "Autographic", the "Sea Wolf" in 1953, which was a diver watch, the "Dynotron" in 1968 and the "Astrographic" in 1969. From 1982, the Dixi group, owners of the Zenith watch factory, held half the Zodiac shares. The company filled for bankruptcy in 1997 before being taking over by the Fossil Group.