![]() The fumé dial – Zenith claims that it was the first to introduce smoke dials back in the sixties – reminds me of the many different shades of dried brown tobacco leaf. The A385 Revival stands out because it not only combines all the values I described above – values that matter to me – but it also refers to another hobby of mine and that is enjoying some fine puro cigars. ![]() Why did this particular watch stand out to you? Of course, the brand presented some questionable designs in the past as well, certainly at the beginning of this millennium, but overall, I associate Zenith with good taste, elegance, quality, innovation combined with insiders’ exclusivity. Unlike many other brands, Zenith doesn’t boast, although no other brand comes close to winning as many watch contests as Zenith did (over 3,000 achievements). ![]() One always aims for the next level, but once having reached the zenith (pun intended) of watch collecting, we start to look for something that is closer to one’s personality and one gets far less sensitive to external influences. I think it is a phase in watch collecting many of us will go through. I have been there with several watches I owned, so I’m talking about my personal experience. Whether you can afford it or not, it feels awkward to me wearing a €50k plus watch on my wrist. On the other side of that spectrum, we can find the independents, but only a few of them attract my interest and many still require a different level of spending. I don’t want to spend my hard-earned money on a high-volume product that, even if well-designed and manufactured, has no soul or zero elegance. Zenith is for sure not the most popular brand but that only makes it more attractive to me. There’s something special about this brand that makes it unique. It was the first of many Zeniths to follow, but unfortunately also the only Zenith I ever sold, still to my regret today. ![]() That was a pink gold Chronomaster El Primero Open XXT. Une publication partagée par Watchwalker in the spring of 2018, I was doing some research on the web for a rare watch and coincidently came across what would soon turn out to become my first Zenith. My curiosity pushed me to the level that I destroyed most of them, just by opening the casebacks, peeling out the movements and trying to find out how the mechanics worked. I loved watches since my childhood and remember playing as a 7-year-old in our attic with some mechanical watches my parents had stored there. In this episode of our Collector’s Series, he highlights his Zenith Chronomaster Revival A385, and why it is a watch that was made for him… Obviously, when you love cigars and Zenith, this dial was simply made for you.įrank Geelen, MONOCHROME – What was it that made you develop a passion for – Roughly twenty years ago, I remember doing some window shopping in Amsterdam and staring at all those beautiful Zenith watches I could not afford in those days. has been a watch collector for many years, and although other brands lured him, his passion lies with Zenith Watches. By chance, we ran into him on the internet, but haven’t had the pleasure of meeting him in real life yet, due to the global pandemic. Known on Instagram as, the man we’ll be talking with today is a globetrotter with Belgian roots.
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