Much earlier this year, Zenith embarked upon another high level partnership; this time with the famous Casa de Habanos - Cohiba , to jointly celebrate the maison's 50th anniversary. On Zenith's side, the partnership brought to fruition two special edition...
Magnus, I associate Zenith with chronometry, especially with hi-beat chronographs. Recently, a few special 'gyroscopic' tourbillon pieces were presented (Christopher Columbus) but still, the reputation lay with the utilitarian chronographs. The basse-tail...
Zenith has made a quite deep work to merge all these elements together, especially with the complication. The dial craftmanship looks amazing and the applied elements combine very well on your great pics. The dial could indeed remain a stand-alone element...
A combination of an exquisite dial and a horological masterpiece is definitely another prominent statement of intent from Zenith. Yet as you say, the question is if Zenith would not be better served by separating the two. A Cal. 135 based time only watch ...