BaselWorld 2017: Zenith Elite now in 4 sizes: 33 (new), 36, 39 (new) and 42mm and a new colour and attractive prices - but with one big loss!
After the splash Zenith created with the new El Primero 21 movement and the new Defy watches, let's take a look at the other end of the spectrum of novelties, the Elite collection . At BaselWorld 2017, the collection was expanded with new case sizes in 33...
Thanks for sharing...
I guess time has come for the 36 & 39 mm taking predominant share in the dressier segment. I like the time only version, elegance & pure ! Best, mahesh.,
Great collection
It's a shame they have shelved the 6150 but if it's in favour of further chronograph development then it's good business, I recall talk of a revival on here a few years ago, maybe that would be something to pursue, a pure hand wound caliber with modern p...
I tried on the 42 mm elite time only last October at my local AD fall watch show, where the Zenith rep was present. It was nice but too big, esp with the long spidery lugs...
39 mm should be just right, i.e. the goldilocks size. I look forward to seeing it in person and trying it on. But I don't understand why the 6150 movement is now considered "too expensive", when all the R&D is over and Zenith has a finished working mo...
Its probalby too exüensicve to produce and assemble. The same essentially holds for the El Primero...
which has more parts (203 components as opposed to 278) and takes longer/more steps to assemble than the new El Primero 21. I have heard that the venerable El Primero 1.0 will be newly industrialised for streamlined serial production. At a market range an...
Hmmm...
JCB seems to do the same wherever he goes. He killed the CH80 movement at Tag-Heuer, to the disappointment of many, and his promise of a re-edition of Autavia selected by the people is bulky, thick and disproportionate, the Hublot-ization of Autavia. Does...
Thanks for the interesting news Magnus!
And yes, I agree: the 39mm case looks great! And a chronograph with this fume dial in 39 mm case would be very nice and even more balanced than the existing 42mm case! Actually I did not understand, why Zenith developed a new Elite movement. The existing ...
