Zodiac SST 36000 hi-beat
Hi folks,
This Zodiac came my way and while its been over-polished, the price was right.
Inside we find a Zodiac cal.86.
Looking at the pictures, we have a puzzle. The dial is way larger than the movement so how does it come apart? Looking at the watch edge on, there's no visible seam so there appears to be no bezel to come off which will allow the dial/movement combo to come out thru the front.
Hmmmm..... let's take a closer look at the dial.
See it now?
Doh!!!
I decided to give this watch a clean, the hi-beat movements work hard and the crystal was also bugging me as it did not seem to be 'flat' on both sides.
Well the crystal was sanded and polished, watch was dismantled and all was going fine until I tried to dismantle the 'do not dismantle'barrel. The lid came off easily enough but the arbor came away with the lid.. yep the mainspring broke.
So now I'm looking for a replacement mainspring but may need to buy a complete barrel.