Category: ZENITH
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Owner Review: Zenith Chronomaster Revival Shadow
There are few watch brands out there who can tell a truly compelling origin story. Take for example, Gerald Genta’s ground-breaking designs, credited for rescuing AP during the Quartz Crisis; or Seiko’s meteoric rise during the 1960s from scoffed-at outsider to dominant force at the Swiss Chronometer trials; and who can forget Omega’s famous exploits…
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Owner Review: Zenith Chronomaster El Primero
Having curated a collection for the past 3 years, the underlying thought process of adding a chronograph to the collection had persisted with me for a long time. Yes, a Speedy is a Speedy, but I was inexplicably drawn to the Zenith Chronomaster El Primero for one its history, two its importance and three its…
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Owner Review: Zenith Defy Classic – More than a Thousand Pictures
The Zenith Defy Classic was my first foray into the brand after admiring it from afar. While most would have been drawn to the El Primero timepieces, I was drawn to the Defy range. Admittedly, it was an impulse purchase when I suddenly decided that I should have a dressy watch in my collection. As…
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Owner Review: Zenith Bamford El Primero Solar Blue – almost unique
In 2018 I was looking for a watch to celebrate my son’s birth. A piece I will pass to him in 18 years or so, not mainstream, although not necessarily a limited edition. Then I stumbled across the El Primero Solar Blue. The Zenith Chronomaster El Primero Solar Blue was the first cooperation between Zenith…
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Owner Review: Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tour Auto Edition
About a month ago, I decided to sell 2 watches from my collection and put the funds towards one really nice piece. I wasn’t sure what that was going to be at the time of sale but I knew I was looking for something hard to get and something that stood out in a good…
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Rob and the Regulator – The unlimited edition
Rob and The Regulator discuss the never ending stream of limited edition releases from the big brands and Rob talks about his anglage training at Audemars Piguet. Our Instagram picks Rob: @suzannewongxx The Watch Regulator: @abrod520
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Owner Review: Zenith A3736 Chronograph – My watch Zenith
I’ve found when choosing a watch to spend some serious time with, that the old fashioned approaching to dating works best. It’s easy to do some research to find a perfect match for all the “vital statistics” you think you want and need, but nothing’s better than when your heart skips a beat at first…
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[…] some readers may know I am a lover of ochs und junior watches (you can read about this here,…
I traded my Speedy Reduced 3510.50 for a moonwatch of a different sort - the Ochs und Junior Selene Tinta.…