Zenith

Basel 2011 Novelty report Zenith by Marcus Hanke If the hustle and bustle in Zenith’s booth can be taken as indicator for a good order situation, the business must be really good for Zenith. The booth was as active as a bee hive: even the counter, on whic...  

Well-presented and very thoughtful, and the images are superb. As a footnote, I know of no 1960s model in which the subdials overlapped in a way similar to the new ones. The cal 156 and 146 models had no overlap at all, and the overlap on the early El Pri... 

for that excellent report Marcus, your impressions and the wonderful photographs of the watches. I agree with Lou, the vintage El Primeros with dial overlap do not hinder readability of the subdials in any way (unlike the current VPH models). Zenith would... 

I'd been waiting for this. Thanks for posting, Marcus.

Love the chocolate dial captain and the blue one as well. Also love the Stratos can't wait for the new announcements on the new watches. Great time for watch fans

Having had 3-4 Zeniths, I've been driven away for the past few years by the outrageous styling. The new cleaner look is coming closer to my taste. Thanks for the report. Cazalea

The Stratos looks pretty good, and will be great if Zenith can provide more info on the black Alchron and the reason/s for choosing this material over the conventional DLC or PVD over steel. The blue dial Captain with blue strap looks good too! Kong

... that it is completely black. I mean that the material itself is black. All other black watches I am aware of need some kind of surface treatment in order to become black: either PVD, DLC or rubber. Alchron, however, is a black metal. So if you scratch... 

Finally a true black metal. While I was thinking of a Rolex sub-c lv that may have to wait. I want to get this watch but have a question on some pics it looks like the Bezel is sloping in how does that look it seems ugly but what does it look like in real... 

. . . an Alchron version of the titanium limited edition . . . . . . that I searched for without success earlier this year....  

Looking to find a piece to test it out Kong

as stated by the Zenith CEO Jean-Frédéric Dufour in an interview on July 20th, 2011.

...been enjoying your series of reports from Basel, Marcus. Really. I hope you know how much I appreciate the time you've taken in the write-ups and photos. As for this year's presentation by Zenith, I remain most captivated by the Captain series. The blu... 

I really like Zenith and it seems Dufour made a fantastic job to put back Zenith to its roots, very nice 2011 models, all respecting the pioneer spirit of zenith. I am like the stratos was well as the elite and the 36000 vph models. Perhaps it is time for... 

Thanks for the Basel 2011 Zenith overview, Marcus. Also exciting to hear that there is more to come. I will start at the end (or at least the last watch you posted) and say that I love that LE Captain Chronograph with the galvanized blue dial. The size an... 

... other than that it had been subjected to the same tests as the common steel case material normally is (corrosion, magnetism, hardness according the Vickers test). I assume it has similar attributes, the only thing that is emphasized by Zenith is that ... 

When will zenith announce the watches that u couldn't tell us about. Do u have a rough time frame of when that will happen next week, next month, tomorrow. Also for anybody in the NYC area will the show them at timecrafters.

They are posted on Zenith's website as of last night. Zenith seems to be rearranging their collection a bit away from their classification based on movement to a new classification divided into Academy, Classic, and Legend lines, so the website is in a li... 

... I think it has to do with the avalability at the dealers. Apparently, Zenith does not want to create a demand, before the watches can be seen at the dealers. I think this is a very honest move: far too often people know more about future releases than... 

What I mean by big news is the 360,000 VPh watch, that I keep on hearing about. Are they going to wait intill the hype from there sister company Tag Huer Mikrotimer dies out. Also how big of an achievement will it be(to me it's amazing especially if they ... 

... so I can neither deny nor confirm this rumour. Personally, I would be completely satisfied with a reliable and long-time stable 10 Hertz movement ... Regards, Marcus