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EdwardC 2 April 2025 02:56 PM

Anyone interested by Zenith's 160 anniversary models?
 
Pretty amazing to me

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EdwardC 2 April 2025 02:56 PM

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omar-rye 2 April 2025 03:43 PM

It’s a meh for me. Plus, I don’t like the 4 o’clock crooked date window, so that’s a deal breaker in and of itself.

unknown 2 April 2025 06:11 PM

The first one is very nice and the cal 135 is stunning
Unfortunately euro 55.000 is a lot even if it’s platinum

The 2 other look like cheap plastic

PinKchampagnE 2 April 2025 09:47 PM

The different shades of blue don't go together at all on the G.F.J.

1William 2 April 2025 10:11 PM

Not really.

ap1 2 April 2025 10:27 PM

They went with the AP bright blue ceramic while they should have gone dark navy as AP pivoted too this year. I do think the hand wound is great and I’ve seen it a few weeks ago.

-dustin 2 April 2025 11:14 PM

kinda feel like colored ceramics, beyond black or white, should be left for Hublot. odd look for Zenith, in my opinion.

dpj17 2 April 2025 11:49 PM

Hard Pass on all of them

ChetBaker 3 April 2025 12:14 AM

First one is nice but I really don’t like the Biver treatment of the cal 135 here.

metallic 3 April 2025 02:34 AM

First one is nice but not at that price.

rajurama 3 April 2025 06:29 AM

Its quite clear LVMH brands share everything so the whole ceramic bits are thanks to Hublot and thats where it should remain. I love my Defy 21 but I have no issue in admitting its a Hublotized Zenith the last of the blessings by Mr Biver




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charger_vital 3 April 2025 08:26 AM

How was it possible to miss so badly? yikes..

Easy E 3 April 2025 10:40 AM

These are hard to look at

GolfJunkie 3 April 2025 11:04 AM

Not for me.

Rrpdc 3 April 2025 11:27 AM

Not at all. Def a pass.

Guppydriver 3 April 2025 12:32 PM

Looks like someone took a chronosport out to the garage and spray painted it with some blue paint from Lowe’s.

I think the Defy is kind of cool, but all over priced by a lot.

Giangos 3 April 2025 12:39 PM

More shitters from Zenith. As expected.

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Mr Ben 4 April 2025 03:05 AM

Blue is my favourite colour. But, as Zenith shows, you can have too much of a good thing.

These are surprisingly and catastrophically awful.

Gebbeth 4 April 2025 05:54 AM

WOW, those blues are intense.

EdwardC 4 April 2025 09:53 AM

Looks like Zenith isn't popular here

Easy E 4 April 2025 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by EdwardC (Post 13593309)
Looks like Zenith isn't popular here

Zenith is, these watches are not.

MP777 4 April 2025 12:51 PM

I’m done buying Zenith. Every single one I bought wasn’t as advertised.

Bought a full ceramic Defy and the endlinks and clasp turned out to be PVD and started peeling when it rubbed against the ceramic links.

Bought the new titanium defy chrono and the bezel didn’t sit flush to the case so it became a dust magnet.

So many other examples. Had like 6 Zenith at one point.

It’s like they have no R&D team to develop and test out their watches. Just goes straight from concept to production. :dummy:

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Originally Posted by Giangos (Post 13592240)
More shitters from Zenith. As expected.

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Giangos 4 April 2025 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MP777 (Post 13593461)
I’m done buying Zenith. Every single one I bought wasn’t as advertised.

Bought a full ceramic Defy and the endlinks and clasp turned out to be PVD and started peeling when it rubbed against the ceramic links.

Bought the new titanium defy chrono and the bezel didn’t sit flush to the case so it became a dust magnet.

So many other examples. Had like 6 Zenith at one point.

It’s like they have no R&D team to develop and test out their watches. Just goes straight from concept to production. :dummy:


Wow, I didn’t think their QC and build quality was so bad.

My issue is that at this point, they are basically a homage company, their design language is woefully lacking originality.

It’s a great shame because their heritage is so strong, but they are a pale shade of what they were.


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enjoythemusic 4 April 2025 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by EdwardC (Post 13593309)
Looks like Zenith isn't popular here

Back in the day, their vacuum tube televisions were pretty good.

MP777 5 April 2025 12:46 AM

Couldn’t agree more. Build quality goes down and they raise prices by almost 100%. I remember when the 38mm Tri-Color El Primero chrono was $6k retail, now it’s $11k for the same watch except it has a 1/10 seconds chrono that is annoying to look at.

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Wow, I didn’t think their QC and build quality was so bad.

My issue is that at this point, they are basically a homage company, their design language is woefully lacking originality.

It’s a great shame because their heritage is so strong, but they are a pale shade of what they were.


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fflump 5 April 2025 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Giangos (Post 13593632)
Wow, I didn’t think their QC and build quality was so bad.

My issue is that at this point, they are basically a homage company, their design language is woefully lacking originality.

It’s a great shame because their heritage is so strong, but they are a pale shade of what they were.


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They need better designs I agree. Their openworks chronomasters are just about the only thing I like and they did nicer versions 20 years ago.

subtona 5 April 2025 04:31 AM

No competition from here

MILGAUSS88 7 April 2025 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by unknown (Post 13591083)
The first one is very nice and the cal 135 is stunning
Unfortunately euro 55.000 is a lot even if it’s platinum

The 2 other look like cheap plastic

X2 - Exactly.


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