You can now explorer the old Zodiac building at 25 Rue Bellevue in Le Locle on Google Maps  :twothumbsup

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rue+Bellevue+25,+2400+Le+Locle,+Switzerland/@47.058053,6.745563,3a,75y,143h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s_SnApfaHrRgFebnhdw7sFA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26output%3Dthumbnail%26thumb%3D2%26panoid%3D_SnApfaHrRgFebnhdw7sFA%26w%3D374%26h%3D75%26yaw%3D143%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D120%26ll%3D47.058053,6.745563!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x478de57e3aed7b89:0x8c17420b89729149!6m1!1e1 (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rue+Bellevue+25,+2400+Le+Locle,+Switzerland/@47.058053,6.745563,3a,75y,143h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s_SnApfaHrRgFebnhdw7sFA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26output%3Dthumbnail%26thumb%3D2%26panoid%3D_SnApfaHrRgFebnhdw7sFA%26w%3D374%26h%3D75%26yaw%3D143%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D120%26ll%3D47.058053,6.745563!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x478de57e3aed7b89:0x8c17420b89729149!6m1!1e1)

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Yes, they have greatly expanded Street View coverage, which is cool. It would have been easier for me to find the old building on the ground had I been able to explore it at that level before going there. (It was easy to see, but not so easy to figure out how those narrow streets snake up the side of the hill to get to it.) "Bellevue" indeed. I tried to find a spot on the new Street View where one could see both Zenith and the old Zodiac building, but though it is possible on foot the Google car didn't go that way.

And Dixi Machine, which owned both for some years, can be seen from that spot by looking over the top of Zenith. Le Locle is, after all, a very small town.

Rick "(https://www.vintagezodiacs.com/zforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rickdenney.com%2Fscratch%2Fzodiac_factory%2Ffrom_lelocle_townhall.jpg&hash=5c1501bc7398a591f54be74c93391c9aade47880)" Denney