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yes Magnus
truly a pinnacle watch for Zenith (or any manufacture). Never got to see this one in the flesh but it has always reminded me of what can be done when a company puts it's mind to something like this. I know there are more complicated (read more complications) watches, and more expensive ones; but this seems to be able to merge classical form with truly avant garde machinery so well. Plus who can avoid the draw of a fusee and chain at this scale. For this reason I also love the Breguet tradition tourbillion.
Truly wonderful
Tim
Throwback: 4 years ago, Zenith revealed a masterpiece above many others... the Academy Christophe Colomb Grand Voyage!
While cleaning up my Mac to prepare for an upgrade, I rediscovered images of a superb timepiece that claims the apex in a number of disciplines, both technically and aesthetically, distilled into a surprisingly slim case: the Zenith Academy Christophe Col...
yes Magnus
truly a pinnacle watch for Zenith (or any manufacture). Never got to see this one in the flesh but it has always reminded me of what can be done when a company puts it's mind to something like this. I know there are more complicated (read more complicatio...
In real life
Magnus, I agree. In "real life" this watch and it's variants are not really mere watches. You could not really wear them in normal daily activities unless your daily activity is exclusively the appreciation of haute horlogerie. I've been lucky to inspect ...