Day: March 16, 2017

  • The Zenith El Primero 410 Chronograph with Moonphase and Triple Calendar

    The Zenith El Primero 410 Chronograph with Moonphase and Triple Calendar

    Introducing the new Zenith EL Primero 410 This is the new El Primero 410 which combines Zenith’s famous 5Hz chronograph movement, with triple calendar and moon phase complications and a new silver-toned dial. The case dimensions are the same as the current 42 mm Zenith El Primero’s except, this is slightly thinner at 12.75 mm.…

  • The Zenith Pilot Montre D’Aeronef Type 20 GMT 1903

    The Zenith Pilot Montre D’Aeronef Type 20 GMT 1903

    This is a special edition of Zenith’s oversized Pilot watch that pays tribute to the Wright Brothers. It is presented in a 48 mm x 15.80 mm black matte PVD coated titanium case and is powered by caliber 693, a self-winding 4Hz GMT movement. Large Arabic numerals — made entirely of Superluminova — mark the…

  • Zenith Pilot Type 20 Annual Calendar tribute to Russell Westbrook

    Zenith Pilot Type 20 Annual Calendar tribute to Russell Westbrook

    Earlier this year, Zenith announced a partnership with NBA superstar Russell Westbrook, who is a three-time NBA All-Star, and is arguably one of the best point guards in the league. Now, he is getting his own special edition watch. The Oklahoma City Thunder have made it to the playoffs five of the six seasons that…

  • Zenith El Primero 36’000 VpH Hands-On

    Zenith El Primero 36’000 VpH Hands-On

    Launched at Baselworld 2016, and inspired by the Lightweight Striking 10th Chronograph, the new El Primero 36’000 VpH has a similar aesthetic, for considerably lower price. The El Primero 36’000 VpH features a stainless steel case instead of carbon fiber, and the movement is not as complicated as the lightweight striking 10th version, but the…

  • Zenith El Primero Range Rover Hands-On

    Zenith El Primero Range Rover Hands-On

    Last Thursday, Zenith announced a special edition co-branded timepiece with Range Rover, available in two versions, one with a beige strap and the other with a dark blue strap, which we reported on here. And this past Monday, Jean-Claude Biver, (who is the Head of LVMH’s watch division, the interim-CEO of TAG Heuer, and an…

  • Vacheron Constantin Collection Excellence Platine

    Vacheron Constantin recently announced a larger Excellence Platine Patrimony Contemporary model. Previously available in a 40 mm diameter case, it is now available in 42 mm. The 7.3 mm ultra-thin case is fully polished, in solid 950 platinum. To achieve a thickness of only 7.3, the movement is a mere 2.45 mm thick. Powering the…

  • Zenith El Primero Winsor Annual Calendar Boutique Edition with new fume dial Hands-On

    Zenith El Primero Winsor Annual Calendar Boutique Edition with new fume dial Hands-On

    Featuring an annual calendar complication, a chronograph, and a fume dial – the El Primero Winsor Annual Calendar Boutique Edition makes Zenith’s often forgot about annual calendar chronograph worth remembering. Specifically, the new brown-gold fume dial – contrasted by rhodium-plated applied Arabic hour numerals and rhodium-plated hour, minute, and second hands – transforms the watch…

  • The New Blue Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph

    The New Blue Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph

    For 2012, Vacheron Constantin released a new Overseas Chronograph with a beautiful blue lacquered dial. The Overseas Chronograph comes in the same 42 mm case as before. The same Vacehron Constantin caliber 1137 in-house self-winding column-wheel movement (with 37 jewels, 183 components and a frequency of 3Hz). The same stainless steel bracelet with super polished…

  • The Vacheron Constantin Historiques Ultra-Fine 1955 (Hands-On)

    The Vacheron Constantin Historiques Ultra-Fine 1955 (Hands-On)

    Originally introduced at SIHH 2010, the Vacheron Historiques Ultra-Fine 1955 is a very basic vintage inspired timepiece with just indications for: hours and minutes. Don’t let the simplicity fool you, though, as the creation of a timepiece this thin is anything but simple. At 1.64 mm thick, the in-house manufactured caliber VC 1003 is the…

  • Zenith Launches Black Ceramic El Primero Skeleton

    Zenith Launches Black Ceramic El Primero Skeleton

    Zenith recently announced a new version of their 45 mm skeletonized El Primero Chronograph, similar to the version we showed you earlier this year, and the carbon fiber model that was launched in 2013 – except now the El Primero is presented in black ceramic case and with additional material cut-away. In particular, the subdials…

  • Introducing the Zenith Heritage 146

    Introducing the Zenith Heritage 146

    Today, Zenith introduced the Heritage 146, which is essentially the same watch they made for Hodinkee earlier this year, with a 38 mm diameter steel case (which is the same size as the case we selected in a comparison of the 42 mm vs. 38 mm El Primeros in 2014), an El Primero Caliber 4069…

  • Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle World Time Collection Excellence Platine

    Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle World Time Collection Excellence Platine

    Originally introduced at SIHH in 2011, the Patrimony Traditionnelle World Time is now available in platinum. The new model is essentially a platinum version of the original Traditionnelle World Time — with two notable distinctions. First, is the beautiful new hand-engraved platinum world map in the center of the dial (with a shaded area on…