The Zeppelin Friedrichshafen Regulator gives the hours, minutes, and seconds each their own place on a blue Clous de Paris dial.
A regulator dial
The hour hand turns in its own subdial at 12 o’clock, the long central hand shows the minutes, and a subdial at 6 o’clock shows the small seconds. A window at 3 o’clock shows the date.
Clous de Paris dial
The Clous de Paris pattern, named for the nail heads it resembles, covers the dial in small pyramids that catch the light as your wrist moves. Black numerals and hour markers stand out against it, and luminous hands help you read the time in low light.
Named for Friedrichshafen
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin’s first airship, LZ 1, took off from a floating hangar on Lake Constance, near Friedrichshafen, on July 2, 1900. Starting in 1909, the Zeppelin company built its airships in Friedrichshafen itself.
The details
The Swiss Sellita SW266 automatic movement powers the hours, minutes, small seconds, and date in a regulator layout, and provides a 42-hour power reserve. The stainless steel case measures 42 mm across and 12 mm thick, and a sapphire crystal covers the dial. Water resistance is rated at 50 meters.
The blue leather strap fastens with a pin buckle. The watch is made in Germany.
A layout borrowed from regulator clocks, which gave the minute hand its own clear scale. Only the minutes take a central hand, so they are easy to read precisely.
About 42 hours when fully wound. Daily wear keeps the mainspring wound. After a longer period off the wrist, a few turns of the crown will restart it.
Sapphire’s hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale makes it highly resistant to everyday scratches. It can still be scratched by harder materials, and a hard impact can chip or crack it, especially at an edge.
It measures 42 mm across and 12 mm thick.
It’s water resistant to 50 meters, but Zeppelin advises against wearing it in the shower or tub, or swimming in the ocean with it.
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