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 Posted: Tue May 15th, 2012 10:33 am
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Veritas99



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 After a few near misses and some ill-advised thoughts about buying a beat up version for restoration, I managed to find an A3651 in great condition at a fair price.




The A3651 was one of the early Defy models offered by Zenith after rolling out the Defy line in 1969.  My watch is from a later run (likely 1972 or '73), by which time the movement had been updated to a 2562 PC and the model number switched to 01-1070-290 as part of the new 9 digit system that stopped identifying each case by a different number.




The movement has clearly been serviced recently and the rubber seals are in perfect condition.


This watch came on a blue Zenith band, but some of the initial catalogs show it with the GF "ladder" metal bands.  Often with these late 60s/early 70s models, the crown has been replaced with a more modern Zenith crown.  Fortunately, mine still had the original crown.




Finally, a shot on the wrist where you can really see the amazing condition of the dial and lume...



Thanks for checking out my new arrival.

Mike