{"product_id":"zodiac-world-time-as07978","title":"Zodiac World Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-1950s, Zodiac, then a renowned and well-respected Swiss manufacture, introduced the Sea Wolf.  While not really debuted until the early 1960s, the Sea Wolf is now considered to be among the first purpose-built dive watches to be manufactured, right alongside the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms and the Rolex Submariner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe success of the Sea Wolf ushered in a new era for Zodiac and allowed the brand to expand its design language to include other tool watches for different uses - such as the Zodia-Chron chronograph, World Time travel watches, and the Aerospace GMT.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding on a very similar case design, Zodiac constructed a travelers watch with a similar function-forward approach, and combined features from their Aerospace GMTs - utilizing a 24-hour GMT function, date window at 3:00 and a bi-directional rotating click bezel with world cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis particular World Time features an excellent, sharp 35mm stainless steel case with an acrylic crystal, a signed crown, a matte grey Tritium dial with applied indices and a silver 24hr chapter ring, a matching handset, and an extremely uncommon maroon acrylic bezel with world cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowered by Zodiac's Calibre 75B automatic winding movement, it comes fitted to a steel multi-link bracelet with a signed blade clasp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile there is no doubt a cult-enthusiast following, we feel that Zodiac is still underappreciated in the collector community. Be it the relative smaller size to their\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecompetition of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe period, or the lack of household brand recognition -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eyou might say that pieces like these are an undervalued bargain. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe agree, and are delighted to have this fantastic example offered here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zodiac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40055396532311,"sku":"40991179","price":3990.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/products\/AS07978_40991179_ZODIAC_AEROSPACEWORLDTIMEAUTOMATIC_752934-6.jpg?v=1670510589","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/zodiac-world-time-as07978","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}