Zodiac Talk => General Zodiac Discussion => Topic started by: Dutchsiberia on January 22, 2014, 03:38:00 PM

Title: The unthinkable, A quartz Zodiac :)
Post by: Dutchsiberia on January 22, 2014, 03:38:00 PM
Hi Butch, check out this cool 70's Zodiac  ;D
(https://www.vintagezodiacs.com/zforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi42.tinypic.com%2F2zgahq9.jpg&hash=e3b6be80afc8586497425fd6d2d78ecfcf9e85a0)

(https://www.vintagezodiacs.com/zforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi40.tinypic.com%2F2q38zev.jpg&hash=784fd6e9ccd3ca9b0f5c658165c71c8e74a1b4c4)

The ESA 9182 movement
(https://www.vintagezodiacs.com/zforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi42.tinypic.com%2Fvpj5o6.jpg&hash=fff051ba753fdfc0c7ead07eb400e6f5584a4fc1)

Dutch day wheel  :)
(https://www.vintagezodiacs.com/zforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi40.tinypic.com%2F2z4bfrk.jpg&hash=0f9117adfc61c7c55756df5deb6c09ddd12ddd22)

The rotor (the "engine") had a broken axle, but I had another one.
Here are some pics of another movement I've got, you can see the metal construction and  the rotor on the left with the magnets and the very fragile coils that drive the rotor.
(https://www.vintagezodiacs.com/zforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi49.tinypic.com%2F69gpic.jpg&hash=43fde7f5be080b8ae7d2b473cfa5042c6abef8fc)

It runs too slow at the moment, I still have some "tinkering" to do...


Title: Re: The unthinkable, A quartz Zodiac :)
Post by: Butch on January 22, 2014, 04:21:30 PM
The fish are not biting today pal.