Category Archives: Zenith

Zenith Christophe Colomb Watch Hands-On

Posted on January 7, 2011 by admin | 11 Comments

I am here to answer the very important question of “can you even wear this watch?” I first wrote about the Zenith Christophe Colomb watch here. This question has salience because the movement in the Christophe Colomb watch requires that … Continue reading →

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Zenith Watches Rebalanced

Posted on December 26, 2010 by phubbard | 8 Comments

1865 and 1,546. Those are, respectively, the founding year of Swiss watchmaker Zenith and the number of first-place chronometer competitions they’ve won. Almost unknown in the USA due to sharing a name with a consumer electronics company, Zenith is one … Continue reading →

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Zenith El Primero Tourbillon Watch

Posted on November 18, 2010 by admin | 4 Comments

This is actually a tourbillon watch I would wear daily. Zenith’s new El Primero collection of watches is a thing of beauty. I have been eying them for a while, enjoying how they look on the wrist. They have now … Continue reading →

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Zenith Christophe Colomb Watch

Posted on November 3, 2010 by admin | 6 Comments

Do you remember the Zenith Defy Xtreme watches from the “Nataf Era?” The king of that collection was the Zero-G Tourbillon. A few years later a rework of half a million dollar watch’s movement shows up cleaner and more pretty … Continue reading →

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Zenith 2010 Watches + CEO Jean-Frederic Dufour Interview

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Meehna | 20 Comments

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jean-Frederic Dufour, the CEO of Zenith, on his visit to Los Angeles to present the El Primero Striking Jean-Louis Etienne,” a special edition chronograph honoring the Arctic explorer of its name. The event … Continue reading →

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