Ornatus-Mundi

2016 brought quite a handful of highlights for Zenith lovers. For this last post before we welcome a new year, I would like to present to you another outstanding watch in Zenith's œvre, the Elite Ladi

15 years ago, in May 2001, started as the world's premier watch connoisseur community, fuelled by passion, knowledge and a lively informed debating culture celebrating the spirit of community and inc

Much earlier this year, Zenith embarked upon another high level partnership; this time with the famous Casa de Habanos - Cohiba , to jointly celebrate the maison's 50th anniversary. On Zenith's side,

Alongside the fantastic Zenith El Primero Skeleton Ceramic , the manufacture has now presented a slightly upmarket version, the Zenith El Primero Tourbillon Skeleton Ceramic. It is a further developme

The manufacture Zenith has today unveiled their newest timepiece, the Zenith El Primero Skeleton Ceramic , a modernist, contemporary watch which emphasies the structural qualities that lie deeply embe

During the ViennaTime 2016 exhibitio n, a small group of selected guests were treated with a special delight: a private lectur e with legendary Zenith historical expert Manfred Rössler , author of the

The Zenith El Primero Sport is a cornerstone watch for the manufacture, with a bold, modernist exterior, legendary El Primero mechanics and an activity-geared technical conception, which comes at an a

Announced in Bejing in October 2016, AHCI member and acclaimed master watchmaker Kari Voutilainen partnered with Chinese mobile phone maker 8848 to create a limited series of Voutilainen-customised sm

Dear PuristS: just today I learned the sad news that our dear friend from Zurich, Hans Zbinden, has passed away prematurely on Friday, 21 October 2016. Over at TZ Brane Cop put it words which cannot e

Maria Kristina and Richard Habring proundly announce the arrivial of their youngest child: welcome Erwin (right), the brother of Felix (left), their first completely in-house and also Austria's first

Friends, its time to lift the veil from one of the most successful new watch Zenith has presented this year (and that many, many have been looking forward to): a fantastic re-edition of the landmark c

In announcing the most recent partnership with the legendary off-road car producer Land Rover, the watch manufacturer Zenith reminds once more on the groundbreaking year 1969 giving birth to two icons

Last Sunday (25 September) saw the largest ever participation in the Distinguished Gentleman's Ride (DGR) with over 56,000 finely dressed gentlefolk conquered the streets of 503 cities across 90 count

In the last few years Zenith has presented a number of watches which explore the third dimension of their movements and turn the result into a technical aesthetical theme. Here is the newest one, the

Dear Friends it has been a long way, but it was a way I intensively shared with true friends. While strolling along (both figuratively and literally, marvelling at the posh booths in Basel and Geneva)

With great pleasure (and a bit of surprise) I would like to share with you that two Zenith timepieces have been preselected for this year's Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève that will take place on No

In my personal opinion the Breguet Reine de Naples is the sole personification of a lady's watch. During BaselWorld 2016 the l’Abbaye-based manufacture once more demonstrated this position with the in

For us who grew up in a divided Germany and had the incredible luck to witness the fall of the Berlin wall, today is a sad day: One of the key protagonists of the rapprochement between the East and th

Welcome to the 2016 Distinguished Gentleman's Ride , an international charity event for classic and vintage styled motorcycles that raises awareness and funds for the Movember Foundation’s men’s healt

It is of endless fascination to me watching a promising, definitely talented young watchmaker to bring his or her idea to maturation, and then transform it into an amazing piece of metal. This year wa