Seen a Zenith Rainbow Flyback (coloured dial) for sale?

[jimmyslr]

I have been on the look out for one of these for several months now. I have spoken with Neil at Chronomasters, had a word with Dom H, looked regularly at some of the bigger "used" websites such as Blowers, Austin Kaye, Watches.co.uk etc, but no joy. I saw one one appear on ebay this Saturday from a jewellers in Germany. Hummed and hahed over the day and googled the dealer... all sounded sensible. It had sold by the afternoon... bugger. I'm after one in good nick and on a bracelet, all boxes etc too and solid provenance. If anyone happens to have seen one somewhere obscure please let me know.

Second question: on looking at this German site (Haffners) and then looking at a few similar it seemed that there were some interesting dealers. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience of German (or other EU) dealers who are well known in used watch circles so that I can add them to my favourites bar and keep hunting? I'm thinking of dealers akin to Chronomasters or Blowers who have good volumes and are well regarded.

Thanks, James

[Zebrs]

I am in exactly the same position at the moment for one of these. There was a nice one on Ebay finished this evening with starting price of £1975 but no bids. Emailed the chap and he has no papers for it. Market value for these is on the up so if you're willng to overlook no papers and know what you're buying I reckon it was a good deal.

[hilly10]

I looked for ages they are as rare as Rocking Horse S$it. Great looking watch I will get one until then I will do with my SS Rainbow

[jimmyslr]

Zebrs said:

I am in exactly the same position at the moment for one of these. There was a nice one on Ebay finished this evening with starting price of £1975 but no bids. Emailed the chap and he has no papers for it. Market value for these is on the up so if you're willng to overlook no papers and know what you're buying I reckon it was a good deal.

Interesting re the eBay one. I didn't see that and I was searching thru the weekend. Do you have a link so that I can see why I missed it please? There was one in Vienna but the owner wouldn't ship to UK.

Thanks for responses guys. James

[Zebrs]

jimmyslr said:

Interesting re the eBay one. I didn't see that and I was searching thru the weekend. Do you have a link so that I can see why I missed it please? There was one in Vienna but the owner wouldn't ship to UK.

Thanks for responses guys. James

Here you go. He only listed it as a Zenith Flyback, so would not show by searching for Rainbow

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250967185006?ssPageName=...

[jules_s]

Is that the correct box?

Mine is walnut (I think)....

[DS3R]

What you need to do is join a few dediczted watch forums and post a "want to buy" if you've not already done so. Usually quite effective.

[sneijder]

Sign up to Chrono24 that should bring all the German hits together.

IIRC logging in gives you results 2 days before unsubscribed users.

As an aside, I was in a jewellers at Christmas shopping for SWMBO. Zenith know how to do a store display, made TAG etc look rather insignificant.

[jimmyslr]

DS3R said:

What you need to do is join a few dediczted watch forums and post a "want to buy" if you've not already done so. Usually quite effective.

Thanks. I've tried TZ UK, but seems not to be taking members right now. What other ones should I look at?

[andy_s]

http://www.watchrecon.com/?query=zenith or elitedealseeker are good agregators from a fair few fora.

Another thing I do is google search but click the 'past 24hrs' link to get the freshest/newest listings. (this thread is the top result) Try searching using the reference number of the watch/model you like can throw up some results too.

Edited by andy_s on Monday 16th January 08:08

Edited by andy_s on Monday 16th January 08:08

[sneijder]

jimmyslr said:

Thanks. I've tried TZ UK, but seems not to be taking members right now. What other ones should I look at?

Try in office hours, and wait for the 'agree to terms' check box to be highlighted.

[jimmyslr]

Excellent, thanks for advice. A whole new world has opened up to me! Have utilised a train delay and am now surfing these sites.

My wife will not thank you at all as she is fed up enough with my many car websites. Not to worry...

[DS3R]

jimmyslr said:

Thanks. I've tried TZ UK, but seems not to be taking members right now. What other ones should I look at?

TZ is a good start, you'll need 25 posts before you can post a want to buy ad specifically, and 50 before you can see the Sales Corner. Ideally that's 25 meaningful posts btw.

You don't need to be a member to see threads like this, showing there is a fair amount of interest in the brand http://tz-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=196...

Not sure I've seen any Zenith specific standalone forums elsewhere, so if anyone else knows of one, chime in!

[andy_s]

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f27/

http://forumamontres.forumactif.com/f20-forum-zeni...

Oh and -

http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=threadt&amp...

http://zenith.watchprosite.com/?show=watch.cool.ho...

Edited by andy_s on Monday 16th January 10:28

[Animal]

Zebrs said:

I am in exactly the same position at the moment for one of these. There was a nice one on Ebay finished this evening with starting price of £1975 but no bids. Emailed the chap and he has no papers for it. Market value for these is on the up so if you're willng to overlook no papers and know what you're buying I reckon it was a good deal.

Really? Two grand?! Definitely holding onto mine then...

OP: if you're serious then find a good one whether it's on a bracelet or a strap. A bracelet's only £250 or so from Zenith UK.

[jules_s]

Animal said:

Zebrs said:

I am in exactly the same position at the moment for one of these. There was a nice one on Ebay finished this evening with starting price of £1975 but no bids. Emailed the chap and he has no papers for it. Market value for these is on the up so if you're willng to overlook no papers and know what you're buying I reckon it was a good deal.

Really? Two grand?! Definitely holding onto mine then...

OP: if you're serious then find a good one whether it's on a bracelet or a strap. A bracelet's only £250 or so from Zenith UK.

I've given mine a week of wrist time to decide whether I want to sell it...it so much smaller than the PAM 305 and I had my doubts if I would be happy with the dia again.

Result is im keeping it, ive bonded again and its a real keeper



PAM



The zenith is tiny in comparison...it makes a very nice change though

[whitesox]

I have a stainless Zenith Rainbow Flyback that I would consider selling, but would prefer to trade for another watch.
I also have a leather deployment band as well. The watch comes with boxes and papers. It is in very good condition with the El Primero movement.

I would trade for a Rolex Pepsi, GMT or Submariner. If you are interested, I can send pictures.
My location is Chicago.

[whitesox]

It has a stainless steel band as well as the leather deployment band. I would also trade for an Omega X-33.