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Main Forums => Watch Gallery => Topic started by: hanz079 on August 11, 2011, 08:21:53 AM
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This one came in yesterday.
A Zenith El Primero Chronomaster Open XXT.
A behemoth of a dress watch that is 45mm without crown.
Beautifully crafted and houses the famed El Primero Chronograph Movement Caliber 4021 39 Jewels beating at 36000bph.
It features an Open Heart at 9-11 that shows the escapement ticking away.
Very beautifully decorated movement.
There is also a Power Reserve indicator hand.
Strap size is 22mm tapers to 18mm and guess what? It has the same deployant that I got for my El Primero HW.
(http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss179/hanz079/8e0e9eb3.jpg)
(http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss179/hanz079/64b2ce5c.jpg)
(http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss179/hanz079/cf7ae791.jpg)
(http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss179/hanz079/867593ea.jpg)
(http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss179/hanz079/b69b17e2.jpg)
Now I need some honest opinions.
I have owned watches ranging frm:
38mm (Maurice Lacroix Pontos Rectangulaire Chronograph)
40mm (Rolex ExpII, Zenith EP HW)
41mm (Victorinox Ambassador)
42mm (Damasko DC67, Seiko SPB001, Tissot T-Race)
44mm (Sinn U1 SDR)
And now this 45mm Zenith...
By looking at the wristshot, does it look too big?
Any other angles that pictures can be taken to show it better?
I am worried that it might not fit me... my puny wrists is at 6.5-6.75 inches...
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From the pic it looks to fit your wrist just nice.
I handled this model once before and find the power reserve indicator hand kinda confusing as it is the same size and color as the hour hand.
How do you feel about it?
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The Power Reserve indicator in in Gold whereas the Hour, Minute and Seconds hands are in Silver.
And yes, they are abit confusing because when the lighting sometimes make all the hands look the same.
More Wristshots...
(http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss179/hanz079/906f4907.jpg)
(http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss179/hanz079/51af983b.jpg)
(http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss179/hanz079/2800bcea.jpg)
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Just nice, not too big on yr wrist, another Zenith, wow, yr collections are growing :thumbsup:
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For comparisons sake.
(http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss179/hanz079/2800bcea.jpg)
(http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss179/hanz079/c8011c14.jpg)
@Siaodee
Collection growing but moolah declining... lol :HammerHead:
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Cool, the one i saw had a silver pwr rsrv hand thats why it was confusing.
One of my fav Nataf era watches.
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Cool, the one i saw had a silver pwr rsrv hand thats why it was confusing.
One of my fav Nataf era watches.
Yeah, I think this is one of those models with quite a number of variations.
Silver Guiloche Dial, White Dial, Black Dial, Brown Dial...
For some models, the hands are of the same color.
The newer ones are abit better as they use a different design for the power reserve indicator.
But I still prefer this one for the overall design.
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lovely.... especially at bargain price!!!!
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the size is just nice. wear it with confidence. Mind to pm me the damage?
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Nice fitting on your wrist. :thumbsup:
With such a dynamic beats, wonder what is the power reserve like? I missed out the "bargain price" bit .......... how much was the damage, mind pm please?
Power reserve is at 55 hours as per Zenith's Website and the instruction booklet.
Anyway, after trying on for quite a few times.
I have decided that this one is indeed too big for my wrists...
It's is as if I am screaming for attention.
Anyone interested can PM me.
I will soon put this up for sale.
Damn... the cons of not being able to try before I buy...
Now this is gonna cost me... :Blue:
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Nice fitting on your wrist. :thumbsup:
With such a dynamic beats, wonder what is the power reserve like? I missed out the "bargain price" bit .......... how much was the damage, mind pm please?
Power reserve is at 45 hours as per Zenith's Website.
Anyway, after trying on for quite a few times.
I have decided that this one is indeed too big for my wrists...
It's is as if I am screaming for attention.
Anyone interested can PM me.
I will soon put this up for sale.
Damn... the cons of not being able to try before I buy...
Now this is gonna cost me... :Blue:
Bro. You are really sick. Time to check in to the Rehab Centre
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hanz079, too big, wear for longer period, see what happen, only few days not enough..
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Ok Ok... I know alot of you guys think I am cuckoo liao...
I will give it another month to see if it grows on me...
Wear it out a couple of times first and see how people react... :Cheers:
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Wore it last night meeting with some fellow KK members.
According to them, it looks good on me...
Since my wrist is small but my size is on the bigger side so it balance each other out they say.
Maybe I was wearing my ExpII for too long and the jump in size just overwhelms me.
But after wearing it for awhile, seems ok...
Will give it more wrist time to see how it is.
Is it me or is it the beer talking last night? :Cheers:
Sorry for the false alarm guys...
A note on the watch though, last night when I showed the watch to fellow members... they all thought the watch looked really good in person... at least 10x better than in photos...
There are alot of minute details that can only be seen when holding the watch and not thru photos...
I am guessing if a good price came up on the newer chronomaster open at 42mm... I would jump at it again... just to see which one suits me more.
Gung ho right? ;D
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Where is the KK GTG pics? ;D
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Where is the KK GTG pics? ;D
I think Jonhtks took some pics... there's a half body pic of me wearing the XXT...
I am dying to see that as well...
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zenith has many many 42mm model....
black dial zenith hv much easy to read....
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zenith has many many 42mm model....
black dial zenith hv much easy to read....
The newer Pilot as well as the 36000vph and Chronomaster Open are available in 42mm.
Problem is I will only have pics to rely on as there is no AD carrying Zenith in KK.
Have to look for a decent priced pre-owned... this will be down to destiny.
But knowing my style, I will still dive in head first and think later... :Laughing_on_floor:
Some ppl ask me why the title of this thread is "Master" of my destiny.
Ok... the story is the "Master" is a reference to the watch itself... a Chronomaster
The destiny part is like this.
This watch was put on sale on another forum about a month ago.
I instantly feel that I have got to have it... but that time tarak moolah...
Then I said to myself, if someone else bought it, then it's not meant to be lor...
But as destiny will have it, there was an unexpected windfall and best thing is, the watch is still available and the seller reduced his asking price.
So, snapped it up without any 2nd thoughts...
It's like the watch is destined to be with me...
"Master" of my Destiny. :thumbsup:
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zenith has many many 42mm model....
black dial zenith hv much easy to read....
The newer Pilot as well as the 36000vph and Chronomaster Open are available in 42mm.
Problem is I will only have pics to rely on as there is no AD carrying Zenith in KK.
Have to look for a decent priced pre-owned... this will be down to destiny.
But knowing my style, I will still dive in head first and think later... :Laughing_on_floor:
Some ppl ask me why the title of this thread is "Master" of my destiny.
Ok... the story is the "Master" is a reference to the watch itself... a Chronomaster
The destiny part is like this.
This watch was put on sale on another forum about a month ago.
I instantly feel that I have got to have it... but that time tarak moolah...
Then I said to myself, if someone else bought it, then it's not meant to be lor...
But as destiny will have it, there was an unexpected windfall and best thing is, the watch is still available and the seller reduced his asking price.
So, snapped it up without any 2nd thoughts...
It's like the watch is destined to be with me...
"Master" of my Destiny. :thumbsup:
anyway, this is a gd buy.... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
no need to regret
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Here goes yday TT pics. Sorry for the low quality i-phone pics as its was quite dark.
(http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/jonhtks/949fdd8e.jpg)
(http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/jonhtks/7f437342.jpg)
This pic was requested by Han --- a far shot to see the overall size of the watch on his wrist
(http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/jonhtks/158c406a.jpg)
(http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/jonhtks/4ec68ab1.jpg)
Thx to Han i get to tried on this fine piece
(http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/jonhtks/4374ecb0.jpg)
(http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/jonhtks/621e0287.jpg)
(http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/jonhtks/383e6cf4.jpg)
(http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/jonhtks/a2420f2e.jpg)
(http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/jonhtks/d1cfb529.jpg)
On another fellow MWF wrist
(http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/jonhtks/1fe2c612.jpg)
All in all i felt it fits well and the size suit you perfectly Han.
It might be a bit eye-catchy but hey ! Its worth the attention bro !
Superb nice piece. It looks even more attractive seeing the real one hehee
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Hmmm... from the far off half body shot... the watch looked good on me eh? :Dancing_banana:
Thanks for posting bro... at least I let you molest the Zenith lor...
KK takde AD lah... mau tengok pun takde...
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the zenith looks very nice on you la bro hanz. you should keep it.
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Wah Hanz bring out the full package also hehe.
Next time got GTG can post in the GTG section so we get more traffic there.
So what other watches was at the gtg?
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Wah Hanz bring out the full package also hehe.
Next time got GTG can post in the GTG section so we get more traffic there.
So what other watches was at the gtg?
I was wearing the ExpII and the Zenith was in my car.
Took it out from the company safe to take it home with me.
Not really a gathering per se but a buy and sell meeting as jonhtks was buying my watch.
There was an Arbutus, Lum Tec (HUGE at 46 or 47mm... looks comical on me), Maurice Lacroix, ExpII, Zenith and a G-Shock. ;D
I guess it's about time we make one real GTG in KK liao... very passionate 4 people having beers last night... :thumbsup:
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Well GTG can be as casual as just mamak, good to see the KK side of the forum is having fun and the forum is bringing people together.
You now have the mission to recruit more members there :Dancing_banana:
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hanz, the watch look good on you..nice shirt..
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Well, maybe I ask my boss and his friends to join?
That day 3 of my bosses friend came to visit in the office.
One wearing a Rolex LV :shocked1:, one wearing a Blancpain Fifty Fathoms :shocked1: and one more wearing a Chopard Mille Miglia Chrono (Material shiny look like tungsten)
My boss? Wearing a Gold and Diamond Datejust...
And they told my boss... "fuiyoh, your staff wearing rolex wor... rich ar?"
I was wearing my ExpII... but looking at theirs... I can step aside liao la... :HammerHead:
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Han stop poisoning me :Praying:
I m way overdose :HammerHead:
Its really nice to hav a group of friends talking and educating each other on watch talk, though i m not the inputing one :p really gain so much knowledege heheee :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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hanz ...did you print money yourself???
sigh....poison
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hanz ...did you print money yourself???
sigh....poison
Yeah, I print money... but the ink I used ran out of stock... :Laughing_on_floor:
And the printer needs servicing as well... :Laughing_on_floor: :Laughing_on_floor:
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Hans I also agree with Zitan. It looks good. Just right the size. Not as bling to me. Co our is neutral in a way. It's not solid gold tat will catch wrong attention.
Well done mate. A good catch. :thumbsup:
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IMHO. It looks great on you. But the Rollie looks perfect on you. :thumbsup:
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congratz finally got your dream watch
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Just out of curiousity bro, how is the zenith's built quality? Never owned one before so i cant imagine. Is it similiar to ML or rolex? Cant wait for a review of this watch.
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Just out of curiousity bro, how is the zenith's built quality? Never owned one before so i cant imagine. Is it similiar to ML or rolex? Cant wait for a review of this watch.
I would love to do a proper review but I dun have a good camera to take macro shots...
But I will try though.
Built quality is just excellent!! Perfect fit and finish...