Zenith

Zenith Academy: Georges Favre-Jacot?

Does anyone own this watch with the fusee and chain? They trade at a huge discount from the original MSRP, and seem like a lot of watch for the money. In particular I love the idea of getting a visible fusee and chain mechanism from a major brand for a very reasonable amount...

A few things I'm curious about:

1. How is the sizing of the TI model (pic attached)? Does it wear big or small?

2. Any issues with reliability?

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100 meter water resistance, too!

By: blau : August 12th, 2024-19:54

Try THAT on a Breguet Tradition or Lange Pour la Merite!

Yeah it's super impressive!

By: m2 : August 12th, 2024-19:57

For less than the price of a standard Royal oak and only ~$8k more than what a daytona goes for, it seems like a very overlooked reference lol

Pretty damn cool.

By: AuHavrePro : August 12th, 2024-20:39

Don't recall seeing it beforehand whatsoever! Cheers, Filip

I didn’t realize this “sport” variant exists either

By: m2 : August 12th, 2024-20:43

I had only seen the dressy version before

I don't remember having seen this one. It reminds me the good old JLC years.

By: amanico : August 12th, 2024-20:49

Gives off ExtremeLab vibes for sure

By: m2 : August 12th, 2024-20:51

Hopefully without the same reliability issues lol

Yes, that's it.

By: amanico : August 12th, 2024-20:58

Did you ask Zenith the cost of maintenance? Or are you too rich to care? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

By: K-Lo : August 12th, 2024-21:31

I’m scared. Should email them before buying lol

By: m2 : August 12th, 2024-21:39

Seriously it is worth asking...

By: amanico : August 12th, 2024-21:39

You can always take the chain to a local bike shop…

By: cazalea : November 9th, 2024-21:58

Or bike to the nearest watch shop, or whatever! ...

🤣🤣🤣 I don’t know why this is so funny to me right now!!

By: K-Lo : November 9th, 2024-22:06

Pas mal! :))))

By: amanico : November 13th, 2024-07:35

You can always take the chain to a local bike shop…

By: cazalea : November 12th, 2024-23:36

Or bike to the nearest watch shop, or whatever! ...

I too, can’t recall this one… only the dressier one.

By: Brandon Skinner : August 13th, 2024-04:34

Still, I can’t help but think of the possibilities of this watch if you let Rexhep (or whoever you regard as having a high level of taste) design the dial, hands and case.

True

By: m2 : August 13th, 2024-08:53

It’s a few tweaks away from being much better looking

There will be no such good deal for such a watch.

By: COUNT DE MONET : August 13th, 2024-07:47

Buy it, if you like it!

This one really look awesome. Good luck with your decision

By: Chronometer (aka yacomino) : August 13th, 2024-17:04

By: MDT : October 21st, 2024-17:00

Funny seeing this thread. I too just stumbled upon this reference. I've always been a Zenith fan, and have thought they are undervalued/underappreciated. This particular one caught my eye. Will be curious about others' thoughts as well.

I decided not to pull the trigger

By: m2 : October 21st, 2024-19:00

The sizing is a little scary…

By: MDT : October 22nd, 2024-13:30

How big is it again? I can usually pull off large watches with my 7 3/4" wrist...

45mm

By: m2 : October 22nd, 2024-13:51

I’m at 7.25 and find bigger watches aren’t a huge deal but I do find them less comfortable. IE I don’t like to wear my Panerai for for than a day in a row.

I am pretty smitten with them,

By: MDT : October 26th, 2024-13:34

at least in photos. Havent seen one in person. Dont really see any for sale anywhere though

A few on c24

By: m2 : October 26th, 2024-16:31

Thanks. Saw two. One in china and one czech republic.

By: MDT : October 26th, 2024-22:41

Little far away for my taste

The HK dealer would be easy

By: m2 : October 26th, 2024-23:33

I have a few friends there so was thinking of having them do it for me but…too scary to buy without seeing if it feels like 45mm or not. Because that is one chunky beast 😆

Didnt see the HK listing. Saw China, Japan and I think Czech

By: MDT : October 27th, 2024-16:33

The watch is quite cool indeed 👌🏻👍🏻

By: KMII : October 24th, 2024-01:06

And I definitely like this sporty version best 🙌🏻

Fwiw, i like the gold version a bit better.

By: MDT : November 10th, 2024-01:28

Just need to find the right one now…

Post once you find one!

By: m2 : November 19th, 2024-06:29

Very curious to see how you find the sizing.

Not easy to find one thus far

By: MDT : November 22nd, 2024-00:07