FabR
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An established, historic brand partners with a current independent watchmaker to restore one of its old calibers, and then sells whatever comes out of it exclusively via an auction house....The Purist in me feels that he's missing something! ;-))
Zenith, Phillips & Voutilainen
I am curious as to why this type of collaboration is needed? Photos: Monochrome ...
I was on the line with Bill Sohne, our first Omega forum moderator, just . . .
. . . a little while ago, Fab. He was at a Zenith event in NYC earlier this week, and got to speak with a manufacturer rep about the limited edition. Both images are courtesy Bill S; that's his wrist in the top photo. The critical piece of information mis...
Thanks Art for the interesting details (and pictures)! I had to go back and look again at this very good thread and the original article :-)
I think the Monochrome piece does, at least implicitly, explain the origin of the ten movements (see for instance the paragraph in the screenshot below or the subsequent one; the full piece is available at: ). The concern myself and, I believe, other "Pu...
I think I understand your point of view, Fab. Essentially, if Zenith had produced these limited editions wholly in-house . . .
. . . with minimal alterations, then there would be no issues: they would be Zenith chronometers thru and thru. That would be ideal from a purists (much less Purists!) perspective. I suppose the reason Zenith embellished the project with outside participa...
Interesting ... A new observatorie, except with zenith 135 instead of peseux 260.
Except! None of the finishing is there! And the price is ... Well, such projects take time. This was planned at the top of the watch bubble. And say whatever you want, Aurel Bacs can sell watches!
Could they just reproduce the movement
And run out a watch for people who would buy one at £5k'ish? £100k for any type of Zenith is a no go, sorry, love the brand but this doesn't really make sense, producing what fans want for only 10 people...?
+ 1 from my side...
... I always thought Zenith should, now that they can afford because of the Hublot-style sale success of their current 'modern' watches (no pun, I also like Defy), reintroduce the Cal. 135 without too much changes. For the fans. The other type of fans. An...
Maybe they are testing the water with this one
And might do a less adorned version at a later date. They did introduce a new movement a few years ago in the Elite line but it was killed after a year, the 6150?
+1, and here we are actually talking about a reworked dial, movement, and essentially everything else…
As we love watches/horology in a broad sense, on a cultural/intellectual level seeing a reputable brand which trades a piece of her own history for a few inward angles is obviously concerning… But of course, KV is a top contemporary watchmaker whose techn...
The movement is basically untouched ...
A few polished screws, a clean up - my watchmaker can do this and it will cost few hundred $$. No shock resistance either. In fact in the press release they say that they wanted to keep the special movements mostly intact. All very sensible ... Except it ...
Well, the price is total impertinence!
Here is the recipe for a good cocktail: Take a legendary, but in the reality a common and not too expensive, rather a normal movement from an established brand with a rich heritage. Take a legendary bartender (Kari) to shake and mix the old materials with...
Mine is just a zenith :)
So i just have also an steel watch, zenith finition and she is an old lady, but a special back made for ! ...
Made for the watch
It was a german company who make it for a friend, i just buy him the watch and i have the original case back
Thanks much for sharing your hansome Zenith chronometer . . .
. . . and kudos for commissioning a display back - nicely done! Art
Why is this collaboration needed? To make more money!
Zenith will make the watch. Kari will lend his name to boost the marketing credibility for the watch. Phillips will find the ten buyers amongst its moneyed clientele. Each person has an important role in the big picture!
It's a lot of revenue! 1.3 million in one quick scoop!
MING has to do 400 watches at $3000 a pop to get that kind of revenue! The entire collection of hundreds of M.A.D. watches sold so far probably hasn't produced that kind of revenue yet. Oh, and those ten people will think that they're winners. They're pro...
Who in their right mind would buy this Zenith
…over a bespoke Kari Vingt-8 of your specification and have money left over?
Can’t they just bloody
Drop the Kari collaboration, make it in stainless steel and drop a bloody zero off the price ? I mean cmon… 6 figures? My options are endless. Regards Gatsby
