Between 1972 and 1978, the Zenith Radio Company owned Zenith and manufactured quartz watches. Crucially, Charles Vermot preserved the plans and tools used in the making of the El Primero when its production ceased in 1975. After the business was again sold in 1978, Zenith began supplying El ...
“This superb new Zenith radio is so powerful it operates where others won’t . . . gives clear reception indoors, outdoors or in a car,”read a 1961 ad for the Royal 500.“Yes, you no longer need both a car radio and a portable! The Royal 500, with its unbreakable nylon case, ...
The last set I worked on was a Royal 790YM Navigator…the totally redesigned model which is the big brother of the Royal 755M. This radio was a great case study to illustrate some of the unexpected stumbling blocks one can run into when working on vintage radios. I found it on eBay for...