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Minerva TZ LE Black Dial has joined the family
Apr 24, 2024,14:15 PM
Friends,
As fate would have it, I found a Minerva TZ LE Black dial as well. Hooray ☀️
It arrived just yesterday.
The TimeZone limited edition … calibre 49 manual wind … so they made 49 pieces in the black dial and 49 in the white dial in the year 2000. This was done only a few months before Minerva the company was sold.
Here are some pics… the black dial is not easy to photograph. Tons of reflections. The indices and hands have a copper-gold hue.
It’s about 23 years old (Neo-vintage) and these two are not so easy to find as they are collectors items. Sapphire crystal and a simple but well executed stepped case design.
At 36 mm, they wear more like a 37/38 mm as the bezel is thin and the watch is pretty much all dial. Love that it has no date too 😄 I also like the 12,3,6,9 numbers next to the dagger indices. All applied of course.
You may recall that I got the white dial first from another collector a month or so ago and had some luck to find the black dial too. ☺️
Thanks for reading ❤️
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Minerva TZ LE Black Dial has joined the family
By: SingaporeMarc : April 24th, 2024-14:15
Friends, As fate would have it, I found a Minerva TZ LE Black dial as well. Hooray ☀️ It arrived just yesterday. The TimeZone limited edition … calibre 49 manual wind … so they made 49 pieces in the black dial and 49 in the white dial in the year 2000. Th...
Thanks chief ☀️
By: SingaporeMarc : April 25th, 2024-08:44
So I was reading further and the grey family made some Minerva’s 3 handers with display caseback from circa 1997-2000. But this is the only one kn 36 mm So that makes it a little extra special.
Indeed!
By: amanico : April 25th, 2024-14:02
Very nicely executed watches,
By: clemens m : April 24th, 2024-14:47
but the sight of the movement through the caseback is the real show-stopper, it is even more beautiful than the dial side! Wear them in good health!
Thanks Clemens ❤️
By: SingaporeMarc : April 25th, 2024-12:35
Will flip the watch over and wear it caseback side up. And use a marker to draw in the hands 😄
Well as you have 2 examples,
By: clemens m : April 25th, 2024-12:44
you can wear them together and always wear one of them upside down. Problem solved!
Great find!
By: Derreck : April 24th, 2024-19:10
Now you have both iterations of the same limited edition, congrats. Great photos too Marc, thanks for sharing
Thanks D 🙏🏻
By: SingaporeMarc : April 25th, 2024-08:40
Not sure about this round of pics. The black dial is sooooooo difficult to photograph 😄
