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Phaedrus29


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Location: Pennsylvania
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Still smitten after all these years... Mon, 28 March 2016 22:52 Go to previous message

OK, it's only been about 7 years with this one, but my love for it seems to grow more and more as time passes:

 photo myzenith3.jpg

I suppose the styling isn't the most classic of Zenith's offerings, but I just love this watch. The dial is amazing, with so many intricate details and yet so well-balanced IMO, with the Open section, transparent Grande Date section, and power reserve, with different sized markers to accommodate the different features. The openness and transparency satisfies my enjoyment of skeletonization, but the watch interestingly has these open features while also having a lot of dial. The dial is silver but varied, with a contrasting metallic ring where the markers are placed. The center section of the dial has lines projecting out from the center point to the hour markers...just another subtle but interesting detail...and some minimal guilloche rings separating the sections. The hands are perfection IMO, with an interesting mix of brushed and polished sections for a pinwheel effect, and a beautifully-colored contrasting cutout hand for the power reserve. The tri-spoke running seconds hand at 9 o'clock might be a little over the top and certainly doesn't make it easy to accurately read the seconds, but is that really the point? That hand would probably look unbalanced if it was just a single spoke. Sure the overall "smiling" dial might turn some people off...but I think it just adds subconsciously (and consciously) to the pleasurable experience of viewing the dial, making me smile when I look at it.

Even with all these details the dial isn't overly busy, for my tastes anyway. It seems that so much thought and artistry went into this one, and I really appreciate it more and more as time goes by.

If I was forced to be critical of something, it might be that while the movement is beautiful, the rotor is a bit big and the writing on it is somewhat tough to read...I think this is something Zenith has certainly improved upon in other models:

 photo zenithback3.jpg

But overall I really love this keeper and thought I'd share the love! ;)


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  • Still smitten after all these years... - Phaedrus29 - Mon, 28 March 2016 22:52 (2062 clicks)
  • Re: Still smitten after all these years... - Dave Matison - Wed, 12 October 2016 19:45 (332 clicks)
  • Re: Still smitten after all these years... - stubborndonkey - Sun, 25 September 2016 13:41 (2841 clicks)
  • New strap! - Phaedrus29 - Sat, 17 September 2016 21:38 (3675 clicks)
  • Peak Chronomaster XXT Open from the end of the Nataf era! - Boda - Tue, 17 May 2016 09:27 (351 clicks)
  • Re: Still smitten after all these years... - AaronBe - Wed, 11 May 2016 09:53 (7855 clicks)
  • Re: Still smitten after all these years... - Mikey75 - Wed, 20 April 2016 17:47 (377 clicks)
  • Another shot... - Phaedrus29 - Tue, 19 April 2016 00:28 (2459 clicks)
  • Re: Another shot... - AaronBe - Wed, 11 May 2016 09:52 (1934 clicks)
  • Re: Still smitten after all these years... - AldoM - Fri, 08 April 2016 05:25 (7922 clicks)
  • Re: Still smitten after all these years... - eloburg - Thu, 09 June 2016 17:33 (336 clicks)
  • Re: Still smitten after all these years... - Phaedrus29 - Fri, 08 April 2016 12:38 (7264 clicks)
  • Re: Still smitten after all these years... - AldoM - Tue, 07 June 2016 08:28 (7176 clicks)
  • Some shots of new strap: - Phaedrus29 - Fri, 08 April 2016 11:54 (548 clicks)
  • Couldn't agree more - Thee - Wed, 30 March 2016 11:34 (601 clicks)
  • Re: Couldn't agree more - Phaedrus29 - Wed, 30 March 2016 11:54 (7952 clicks)
  • Re: Couldn't agree more - Thee - Wed, 30 March 2016 12:24 (7974 clicks)
  • Re: Couldn't agree more - Phaedrus29 - Fri, 01 April 2016 17:10 (8279 clicks)
  • Re: Couldn't agree more - Thee - Mon, 04 April 2016 12:13 (8200 clicks)
  • Re: Couldn't agree more - Phaedrus29 - Mon, 04 April 2016 13:21 (8147 clicks)

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