Zenith

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

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... 

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

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

. . . 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...  

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 ove... 

What makes you think that style wise the 410 is part of the Captain series? It has an El Primero line case design and the date at 4:30pm not 6:00pm.

my statement was a quickshot, when I was tired late at night. Marcus

I wonder if Zenith could clean the edges of the watch up a little though. I feel it's a little too busy where the tachymeter and is. Too many lines there. Cheers, Anthony