Zenith

The manufacture Zenith has today unveiled their newest timepiece, the Zenith El Primero Skeleton Ceramic , a modernist, contemporary watch which emphasies the structural qualities that lie deeply embedded in the legendary El Primero automatic chronograph ...  

- well done Zenith! What I see is a hublonized Zenith watch. And I mean that obviously in a very positive sense!! I could not ask for more - except for the size. This kind of design screams already (also in a positive sense). It does not have to be amplif... 

I admire the technological prowess within this watch, but am finding the legibility to be quite low/ So mixed feelings from me

love the look of the movement, and the skeletonized dial is very cool. strap seem cool as well, suppose it is swimmable with depth rating of 10 atm? have to see in the metal to judge, but why does it have to be 45mm? i suppose that is what the market is a... 

the case says 5 atm (=50m), the case of the Rolling Stones edition does as well, but the technical documentation for the latter states 100m. I guess soem research and inquiry is in order! Cheers (and thanks for the flowers; -)), Magnus

I saw the pictures of this and some other things a few weeks back and immediately I thought Zenith had hit a home run. JCB showed me a picture of this, the Hublot Unico and the TagH 01 next too each other... and you know what... if I had to pick one as a ... 

Clearly, the El Primero movement is a bit on the small side for the 45mm watch. However, I have the feeling that this diameter is needed for the structrual elements to play. Make the watch smaller, and the harmony would be gone, I fear. It would look cram... 

the outer 2 mm of the "dial" are totally blank. They could have been left off with different attachment of the crystal... But 45mm is JCB\'s thing...

It would be instructive to see a ceteris paribus comparison. In Basel Zenith spread the message that 42mm is 'their place to be'. Let's see! Magnus

and to admire. So we would need (and justify) 48mm diameter... I think this is the wrong approach... ;-)

First image is original photo. In the next two images, the bezel is "thickened" and Outer dial (markers etc.) are scaled but registers remain original size. ...  

Great photos / report - very nice details. Would have been nice to see a more wearable 42mm option on this one ...

Love the 3D design of the dial! Any idea on the retail price? Thanks for sharing Magnus Laurent

Zeith is really stepping up thier way with contemporary designs. 5 stars in my book!

I would like to see more depth to the strap. It seems rather flat. Love the use of carbon fiber, but again, too flat. Otherwise, I REALLY like this piece.