Regarding Zenith as a Company: I recently bought a Zenith Chronomaster original 38mm (GEN 1) and had to send it back to zenith for some service. I was greatly impressed with their customer service. Definitely a "Tier 1" experience, and converted me into a believer. Re-fabbed my whole watch for $200, and returned in perfect condition, running +1 sec/day. My only wish is that they make more 38mm watches!!
@@dibtojyoti10 hello! The service was $200 and they replaced all of the hands, 4 screws, and repaired one of the plates. They also did a quick polish. I received the watch with all of the old parts as well, including the original sapphire crystal, which they must have had to break to do some of the service. The service took 2 months due to parts availability. The place that I bought the watch from was a reseller, and the watch was pre-owned in mint condition (as far as I could see at the time), and had just left warranty. The damage was caused by the reseller's jeweler, so I sent it to Zenith to set it right. Zenith knew all of this and was very generous in fixing the problems they caused. Rolex would not have been so kind, and would have likely refused to service the watch, as has happened to many of my friends. I was very impressed with Zenith. Also, I used the east coast service center in Springfield NJ USA.
@@johnm5131 Most other brands would charge multiples of that price, if they even agree to do the service. That sounds like an amazing experience, congrats on the watch! That specific piece is on my list
Oh my God what a beautiful time piece. I've never heard of this one and how lucky I was to have watched this first on your channel with those pretty camera works
Great video! Completely agree, I was disappointed when the Defy Classic was discontinued as I preferred this originally. Although, having tried a skyline on in an AD recently, the design and the steel on the wrist converted me!
@@Sojourner88 Well, not exactly. Seeing in person give you totally different perspective. Shame he didn't put on a rubber strap, metal bracelet is good but full expression is on rubber strap. Looking dial through the glass you will notice some serious stuff also they execute the date very well. As I said in video it is not possible to capture lots of details.
This Zenith is not *for me* but I do like it! The 10 second small seconds is quirky and unusable, but I like that it's different. Great video and humor as usual.
The new mint green dial on the recently announced Skyline 36mm is so gorgeous. I really hope they bring it in 41mm. Would be an instant buy. Love this new colour!
Looks good on wrist! But imho it would look even better with some text in bottom half of dial (‘defy’, ‘skyline’ or something) for balance. Also prefer without the sub-seconds at 9 tbh, like the Classic.
Great video as usual for a watch that I used to like in pics but as I've just seen its crazy seconds hand on coc.. Nespresso! - it's a no-go from my side. The little stars on the dial make me think of the Pittsburg Steelers - which is not that positive too (but it's one of those things that once you see, you can't erase from your mind). Thanks Evan!
@@YoureTerrific most of them landed on Grey market and prices increased. Also due to everything that is going now (I'm from Poland and inflation is 18%, gas prices are skyrocketing etc) I do not want to make that kind of purchase now.
As always, very nice video. Don't really like how it looks like on its own, but surprisingly it looks very nice on the wrist. But that subdial? Nah, would make me anxious.
Have you upgraded your mic? Might be crazy but your voice is coming through in better detail - either way, appreciate it! Great video too. Love this watch.
great price, and I like that I'd be able to wear it, unlike the other integrateds. edit: I'd like it with three hands, PLUS the gimmicky sub second dial. Or two sub dials. Then it would have some of the chrono heritage that goes with El Primero, and it would be something for those people that run their chronographs just to see the hand(s) moving, without being wrong in/for doing so.
Always a joy your videos. Nice watch by the way. Honestly, I'm a fan of integrated bracelet watches, but I believe that using butterfly clasps really cheapens the whole package.
Or Iwc pilot bracelet, Glasshutte also does it... Formex even has on the fly adjust on regular butterfly clasp. There's many ways to do better than this
I am a vast Zenith fanboy, but I can't get my mind around this watch. Besides the silly bracelet (no half links, no fine adjustments, and no on the fly... forget about it) why this mini 10-sec hand? It's like, yeah, I even don't have a metaphor because it's too silly. But indeed a nice looking watch.
I think they took a step back with this model. A 4-Pointed star motif on the dial despite that zenith star is 5 star. And then a small second counter that’s high beat (okay cool) but only counts 10 seconds and not 60. The old Defy did it better. This is too much trying to be an AP even with its bezel design. I really enjoy zenith as a brand but this one is a miss
Downgrade in every aspect from the Defy Classic (to me). Seems like the Classic wasn’t a hot seller & they wanted to change things up but failed to do anything but chase trends. I don’t think this design will stand the test if time
12mm thick with only 100m of WR is a shame. A Sub is similar and has 300m of WR. The Aqua Terra has 150. If they got this down to 10mm thick, I'd be in.
@@saodavi6267 thinness is the whole point of the integrated bracelet design. It is the factor that makes it not only sporty but elegant as well. A 12mm thick nautilus would look ridiculous
Great review as usual but that mad running seconds dial... doesn't actually really tell you at any point what the actual seconds are at since you have to gauge where the minute hand is between minute markers. We can super precisely never tell you what the exact time is.
Hmm. I’m sure it’s worth the money, but at that price point there are other options I’m interested in. If this was in the 3~4k range it’d almost be a no brainer. There’s enough that’s objectively cool and interesting to justify a purchase. Subjectively it’s just….cool. Erm….hectocoolo
Cool watch, fun gimmick, fun design... great watch if you have a fairly fleshed out collection and money to burn. I picked up a very nicely finished IWC, an in-house precious metal trimmed Oris for me and a diamond studded Oris for my gf for the same money.
Weird how we all see things differently. I saw the dial as a bunch of squished up circles, not 4 point stars. This observation means nothing more than I observed it.
Zenith need to dump this and release a new classic sunburst blue dial made from stainless steel, 37mm and microadjust or halflinks for the bracelet. Perfection
Would be a much better watch with a 4hz beat rate and longer power reserve (and service interval since the movement isn't trying to tear itself apart). I mean that sub seconds reminds me of those silly baseball caps with the spinny propellor on top. A bit of a gimmick.
I love this watch and if it had a normal second hand I would have purchased it by now. Im kind of a function over form kind of guy. Yea, it needs to look good but if it serves no purpose at all I just cant bring myself to like it.
Great piece but am no fan of butterfly clasps. I'd love to have seen them put one on of the minimalist clasps of an IWC Mark piece or GO SeaQ, but I think that's patented by Richemont.
@@YoureTerrific I’d rather have a standard clam clasp if it means I get adjustments. Here in Virginia we get super hot summers and cold winters, my wrist is like an accordion
@@YoureTerrific nothing is official until it’s official but I recall their CEO announcing the skyline with teddy or watch advisor and he said “oh course, we’ll have the skeleton, as well.” Time will tell but a skeletonized el primero in that case?? Oh man, oh man.
