Henrik,
Niet in reactie op je chronograaf, daar is - terecht - al veel lovends over gezegd, maar op de Zodiac SST’s.
SST stond voor “Split Second Timing”.
Dat sloeg erop, dat deze uurwerkjes 36.000 bph hebben, dus 10 tikken per seconde.
Zover ik weet hadden ook alleen de 36.000 bph uurwerkjes de SST-aanduiding.
Heel leuk caliber, veel plezier ervan!!
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Zodiac
Overview
Zodiac introduced a series of men's watches with the SST (split second timing) tag on them to underscore their new 36000 VPH movements. Watches with these movements were guaranteed to keep time to within a minute a month. Of all the manufacturers who introduced high frequency movements, Zodiac was one of the first to bring a 36kvph watch to market and was easily the most aggressive in promoting the watches.
Zodiac made two different 36,000 bph movements, the 88D and 86D. The 88 and 86 movements were basically the same movement with the only difference being the 88's day/date feature and the 86's date only feature. Most parts are interchangeable between these movements.
While Zodiac probably sold the most high beat movement watches of any watch company in the 60s and 70s, it wasn't enough to keep the company afloat, and Zodiac went out of business in 1990. In 1998 the remaining Zodiac inventory, and other assets were sold to a U.S. company which began production of watches again, and in 2001 the company was sold to Fossil. Since going out of business in 1990 Zodiac has not produced any watches with 36,000 bph movements, although they have recently reintroduced an Astrographic line of watches. There is no factory support for watches with high frequency movements. All original spare inventory for these watches was sold off when Fossil took over.
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http://36000bph.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=88