Zodiac states that Aristae Calame set up a watch workshop in Le Locle, Switzerland, in 1882. Its legacy page says the first Zodiac was a pocket watch and that the Zodiac name was patented in 1908. The same timeline describes later development through in-house calibres and movements, early automatic watches, and a series of launches that continued into the 2010s.
On that timeline, Zodiac says it launched its first extra-flat pocket watch in 1924, patented a shock-proofing system and launched one of the first Swiss automatic watches in 1930, and created a 10.5-line, 8-day wristwatch movement in 1937. The page also says the 1949 Autographic was one of only two watches at the time with a power reserve gauge, that the 1953 Sea Wolf was one of the first serious diver watches manufactured for the masses, and that Zodiac introduced the first Swiss electronic watch in 1968, the first LCD watch to obtain an official chronometer certificate in 1977, and the world’s slimmest quartz watch in 1978.
Collections documented on the site include Super Sea Wolf, Heritage, Grandrally, Olympos, and Grandville. The site also shows Super Sea Wolf variants such as Skin and Compression, and legacy references to GMT, Ref 691, Pro-Diver, and Sea-Chron. The legacy timeline also notes launches or relaunches including Sea Dragon, Super Sea Wolf 53, Super Sea Wolf 68 Extreme, Jetomatic, and Olympos.
Zodiac says the Antima building opened in Biel-Bienne, Switzerland, in 2013. Its legacy page says the STP 1-11 automatic movement was developed in 2012 by Swiss Technology Production SA and has a 44-hour power reserve. The same page says this movement has been used across Zodiac models from Astrographic to Super Sea Wolf, including COSC-certified editions. The collections page describes Zodiac’s products as Swiss watches.
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