Don't think so ...

style-wise, the 410 is part of the Captain series, and there, the chronographs never had overlapping subdials. We also have to differ: ON the Striking 10th, the overlpping subdial has no functional disadvantage. Also, on the historical timepieces, the overlapping counters were no problem, since there, the 30 minutes coutner overlapped the 12 hours counter. For the hours, you do not really need an exact register subdivision for every half hour. However, for an accurate reading of the elapsed time, you need a complete register for the elapsed minutes. Weirdly, Zenith decided not to follow the historical example and overlapped the minutes counter with the hours coutner instead. Consequently, it is impossible to read the elapsed minutes between 16 and 20 minutes: For a chronograph company bragging about its ability to measure 1/10ths of a second intervals, this is simply stupidity.

Marcus

A wristshot of the Zenith El Primero 410

By: foversta : February 26th, 2014-14:16

Maybe the star of the Zenith collection at the Geneva week! Fx...

I don't feel for this one

By: Spellbound : February 26th, 2014-17:01

I can't quite explain. I like what Zenith is doing these past few years, but as a brand, I find maybe less than 10% of their watches hugely desirable and highly attractive. What keeps me devoted is that once in a while they come up with something great, l...

Could it be the proportional relationship between . . .

By: Dr No : February 27th, 2014-17:58

. . . the sub-dials and the dial that's bothering you? The original had a tighter correlation between them . . .

Overlapping subdials

By: Spellbound : February 27th, 2014-18:01

Yes perhaps. Many had a lot to say about the overlapping subdials on the Striking 10th and other El Primeros. I actually like them, but I think the 410 was Zeniths response to the critics. Warmest, Dean

That's not quite what I meant, Dean . . .

By: Dr No : February 28th, 2014-14:10

. . . apologies for being obscure. What I meant was the proportion of dial space taken up by the sub-dials; it's rather less with the original model . . . [image credit: Bruno] . . . than with the new. Or, to put it another way, there's a lot more open sp...

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Don't think so ...

A wristshot of the Zenith El Primero 410

I don't feel for this one

Could it be the proportional relationship between . . .

Overlapping subdials

That's not quite what I meant, Dean . . .

Don't think so ...

Question

Sorry, you are of course correct ...

I like this watch