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Zodiac Talk => I saw this Zodiac on the Internet... => Topic started by: zaniac on November 16, 2010, 05:00:58 PM

Title: Part Astro, Part ??
Post by: zaniac on November 16, 2010, 05:00:58 PM
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This one's interesting, in that it has the red dot for the seconds, but has hands for hour and minute and doesn't say Astrographic?
Plus the band is signed Zodiac, but it's the newer 90's style with the safety clasp.
How would they make the disc for the seconds since the case is diamond shaped? I guess it's round and under the minute chapters on the dial.
Any idea of the era?
Title: Re: Part Astro, Part ??
Post by: jon p on November 16, 2010, 05:26:44 PM
 ??? that is a real weird one for sure ! sorta ugly imo, dont think it was born that way, a true frankenzodiac. aint it interesting what we see out there.
Title: Re: Part Astro, Part ??
Post by: Butch on November 17, 2010, 06:52:14 AM
That was one of the later models. Dunno what made them decide to add hands to them, but it is real.
Title: Re: Part Astro, Part ??
Post by: Ultra-Vintage on November 17, 2010, 06:38:14 PM
Those later Astros are Astrographic blasphemy!!! 

;D Just kidding, I definitely do not like the later models with hands instead of discs though.  What I found interesting was that the seller implied that you will be getting to wear the same brand of watch the infamous mass murderer wore........very creepy.  I am sure that is a factoid that the original company wanted to forget. 
Title: Re: Part Astro, Part ??
Post by: Butch on November 17, 2010, 06:44:10 PM
IF one believes all that crap (and I don't want to discuss it) it was a Sea Wolf.

I saw the original DVD with Robert Downy. Supposedly in the Director's Cut DVD (the second release on DVD) they finally gave credit to this web site. Yes, I did consult on watches from that time, but not on the validity of the theory.
Title: Re: Part Astro, Part ??
Post by: Ultra-Vintage on November 17, 2010, 10:47:36 PM
Quote from: Butch on November 17, 2010, 06:44:10 PM
IF one believes all that crap (and I don't want to discuss it) it was a Sea Wolf.

I saw the original DVD with Robert Downy. Supposedly in the Director's Cut DVD (the second release on DVD) they finally gave credit to this web site. Yes, I did consult on watches from that time, but not on the validity of the theory.

Very interesting.  I had thought that it was never definitively proven, but was not sure.  I remember seeing a documentary on the crimes around the time the movie was released, and they had suggested it as a possibility for the origin of the killer's symbol, but since they never knowingly caught the killer they did not actually know its true origin.
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