Prepare to experience a mesmerizing watch that stands as a colossal achievement in Swiss mechanics: the Zodiac SST 36000. The "SST" stands for Split Second Timing, a name earned by its incredible 36,000 vibrations per hour (VPH) high-beat movement. This insane frequency is the point your customer needs to understand: a standard modern watch ticks at 21,600 VPH, but the SST runs almost twice as fast! This provides chronometer-level accuracy and, more importantly, a liquid-smooth sweep of the seconds hand that simply looks better than almost any other watch on the wrist.
The movement inside is the famed Zodiac Caliber 86 (or its related variants, Cal. 88), a beautiful, complex engine developed in-house by Zodiac to compete directly with elite brands like Zenith's El Primero and King Seiko's finest. The day/date complication is ingeniously engineered: it features a quick-set date function activated by pushing the crown in, a clever, practical feature that saves the owner from endlessly spinning the hands. This is the hallmark of thoughtful, high-end Swiss engineering from the period.
Beyond the mechanics, the watch is pure 70s style perfection! That wide, cushion-shaped, or "TV-style" case is so distinctive and wears much larger than the diameter suggests, giving it significant wrist presence. The two-tone silver and dark grey dial adds incredible depth and vintage flair. Owning a 36000 VPH watch is owning a piece of mechanical history that few brands ever successfully produced. This SST is highly collectable, deeply undervalued, and offers a technical pedigree that simply doesn't exist in modern mass-produced watches. It's a genuine treasure.
