£600.00
A distinctly rare 1960s Zodiac Olympos Automatic featuring an eye-catching asymmetrical “manta-ray” style case that stands apart from traditional designs. This vintage design remains one of Zodiac’s most unusual and collectible automatic dress watches, prized for its bold case silhouette and presence on the wrist.
This Zodiac Olympos is in excellent overall condition, with a strong gold-plated case showing minimal wear commensurate with age. The asymmetrical shape gives excellent wrist presence and reflects Zodiac’s progressive design language of the period.
With its asymmetrical case, this Olympos delivers an uncommon wrist aesthetic that bridges dress elegance and period character. The stepped lugs and angled crown placement accentuate its stylistic flair, making it an excellent choice for curated vintage collections.
Founded in 1882 in Le Locle, Zodiac established itself as an innovative Swiss watch manufacturer well before the mid-20th century, earning recognition for technically solid and stylistically adventurous timepieces. During the 1960s, Zodiac experimented boldly with form, producing unconventional designs such as the Olympos, whose asymmetrical “shield” case departed sharply from traditional round watches of the era. Today, Zodiac continues to draw on this design heritage, with modern Olympos re-editions directly inspired by these early originals – making vintage examples like this one not only distinctive period pieces, but the true design foundation of the contemporary collection.
