Zodiac Spacetronic, circa 1960's

[bobg171]

I purchased an estate sale recently and this watch was mixed in with some coins and old jewelry. A Zodiac Spacetronic.
The lady told me she purchased this watch for her son while he was in high school in the late 1960's. He wore it a grand total of 5 times, the kids teased him, he took it off, never touched it again.
Apparently it's been sitting in a draw since then.
I put a new battery in it, and it runs like a champ. I intend to replace that cheesy band with a nice lizard skin one asap.

Can anyone give me any info on it? I.E. exact age, history, value?

tia,

bobg171

[Sea Wolf]

Welcome board.

IS the band original to the watch and does it have the zodiac logo?

I do not know much about that model, but I do know you want to keep the original band.
You can swap it out for a lizard, but don't lose the original band, that is what will give the watch more value
if you ever do sell it.

[jon p]

  what a lucky find! fantastic that it is running. a piece of zodiac history, probabily  middle/late 1960s, to early 70s.quartz not valuable BUT it is sharp. i can appreciate the quartz watches, and my 100 watch collection contains many quartz, zodiac and all other brands. i just lucked up on a wakmann that looks a lot like your zodiac, pristine s/s case, beautiful dial and runs like a champ, at  a dirt cheap price. what more can you ask. is your bracelet marked zodiac anywhere? is it a streatch type--hair puller?

[jferg1]

I know this an an old post, but I too have the same watch, and I thought it'd be convenient not having to post similar pics. Another poster had mentioned that it's quartz, but I think it's pre-quartz electronic. It's battery powered, but has a balance wheel with some other mechanical components and a transistor switch. I think it has an ESA Dynoton movement which is used in some other electronic watches from the 60's /pre-quartz time period.

Unfortunately mine isn't running and I can't seem to open it. I'll take it to a jeweler and see if they have any luck. Does anyone know what kind of battery it would take?

Thanks for the help, first post.