Oldest Zug Unimatic

[chestermikeuk]

The local Zug newspaper advertised to find the OLDEST working Zug washing machine and here are the results, a 50 year old machine still in working order!!, looks a heavy beasty,

 

[chestermikeuk]

Pics from The Zug Museum.....

Louis do you know if the washer above a drum or agitator washing machine??...

 

[electron1100]

Solid

Hello Mike they look like they are BUILT from Box Girders with a bit of style ;-) nice very nice

 

[mickeyd]

How cool is that!

Yeah, what does the dirty deed? Hard not to think of a pulsator in there when you see Unimatic. So big and powerful looking. Be great to see its magic.

From another forgotten thread--sorry! Yes, Mike I remember the "Wash Dogs" at Tom's Hoover 100 Party. He had the yellow, green, and brown, aka, Harvest, Avocado, & Copper. The green looked so rich and nice in Hoover's rendition, really caught my eye.

MIKE, Whatever happened to the Turquoise Visimatic that was for sale in the UK?

I think about it a lot. It was so rare and minty. Thank you, and, of course CHEERS !

 

[mickeyd]

PS

Granny looks so serious in her washday get up and all the gear in her laundry room. Great fun. Thanks.

 

[badgerdx]

Very cool.

The middle machine resembles an Apex a bit, doesn't it? Are there vids of any vintage ZUGs doing the deed?

 

[jetcone]

Ughhhhh

absolutely gawgeous!

We HAVE 220 over here! Send one over!!!

 

[foraloysius]

Mike

Having a better look at the picture I see this is not the first fully autoatic H-axis toploader. That is the one on the right in your picture. The one in the middle is similar (also H-axis) but semi-automatic. You needed to set the controls for every action you wanted.

Only the machine on the left has an agitator.

I have to disappoint you Jon, the two biggies need 380V!

I will have to search for some more pictures, I have them somewhere. Unfortunately my Webshots album has gone.

 

[launderess]

V-Zug Unimatic

Later version but think this puts things into perspective.

Yeah, they would need 380v of heating power to get cold to near freezing northern european water to boil wash temps quickly.

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[launderess]

Another view:

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[launderess]

You Could Had This Model

Again a younger version

http://www.ricardo.ch/kaufen/haushalt-und-wohnen/haushaltsgeraete-und-maschinen/waschmaschinen-und-trockner/waschmaschinen/waschmaschine-v-zug-unimatic-antik/v/an689760926/

 

[launderess]

How To Use

In German

 

[launderess]

Et Francais

 

[launderess]

Hmm, Anyone we know?

I'm not naming any names, but..

Redirect Notice

 

[launderess]

From The Archives

And that is all folks!

Pictures of my visit to the V-Zug museum in Switzerland

At the end of my trip to Switzerland I paid a visit to the V-Zug museum in Switzerland. It's part of the Zugorama, a center where all the Zug appliances can be demonstrated. A room in the basement is dedicated to the history of the "Verzinkerei Zug". Here's one picture, the rest is in my photo...

www.automaticwasher.org

 

[foraloysius]

Thank you Launderess! That machine for sale is the same as the one in the first picture.

The album I made on Webshots isn't there anymore, but I found the pictures I took at the museum on my computer, so here goes.

The first picture shows the early days of the Verzinkerei Zug.

 

[foraloysius]

Older laundry equipment.

 

[foraloysius]

From left to right:

Wringer washer with agitator;

First H-axis toploader, semi automatic;

First automatic H-axis toploader;

First (?) automatic frontloader;

First (?) automatic dryer;

And in front of the frontloader and the dryer their rotary ironer.

 

[foraloysius]

Newer appliances.