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Which of these two do you prefer and why?
Both 38mm with the now discontinued El Primero Cal.400:
- 100m WR case, iconic tricolour with traditional sized subdials.
- A386 revival case, 50m WR, “Manufacture Edition” with 3 shades of blue.
Now the question is to know if you have a favorite among these two, assuming that you own both of them?
I own both and I prefer to wait to hear what others think before saying which one I prefer…
The one on the right.
The reason being, although I've never been attracted to Zenith watches, the one on the right is a more balanced "panda" look from 3 feet away. The font on the subdials I also like.
I prefer the pushers on the left one, but the washed out silver dial and the unbalanced sub dials don't work for me. I see it as just a blah looking watch.
Zenith was a darling on TimeZone back in the day, when I was there but it just didn't ever appeal to me.
All in all, the one on the right
Though it's a highly mixed bag.
The dial, hands, and domed crystal are all way better on the right, but I thought for a long time that the case profile of the one on the right was a bit awkward, with the lugs coming out from too high on the case and not arcing down towards the wrist enough. It makes the watch wear a bit awkwardly high off the wrist and feel longer lug to lug than it is, and preventing me from buying one. The older watch's case (on the left) wears much more naturally, I thought.
Then I tried this one and was totally overcome. I love it!
Thank you!
It was a limited edition but, luckily for a secondary market buyer like me, one that did not make a lot of waves.
Do you mean it is not vintage? It’s one of the revival series? It’s exactly like one of the old ones which were released in 1969!
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This is a vintage one, from 1969-. Very beautiful! And the case is exaclty the same as my model on the right.
I haven't handled either of these but...
I much prefer the one on the right based on your picture.
Some thoughts:
- Not sure how they are IRL, but I much prefer whitish dial (to silverish) dial
- I love the white hands, especially on the sub-dials, so legible
- The scripted El Primero looks more attractive to me
- I am not a fan of the star on the red hand
Some thoughts:
- Not sure how they are IRL, but I much prefer whitish dial (to silverish) dial
- I love the white hands, especially on the sub-dials, so legible
- The scripted El Primero looks more attractive to me
- I am not a fan of the star on the red hand
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Good points.
The weak point of the blue one is the white hands for time telling, somehow less legible when they happen to be on the part of the dial which doesn’t have a subdial. I can’t think of any other negative for this one.
The weak point of the blue one is the white hands for time telling, somehow less legible when they happen to be on the part of the dial which doesn’t have a subdial. I can’t think of any other negative for this one.