Zenith

The Zenith Class is destined for classicism lovers who will definitely appreciate sober lines and pure style of the watch.The Zenith Class New Vintage 1955 Chronometer introduced at Baselworld 2008 is created to pay tribute to a glorious age of classic design, and in particular to the company's historically important model unveiled in 1955.  read more

The highly-acclaimed Zenith Class collection boasts a new exceptional newcomer -Traveller Open Multicity Alarm watch. The timepiece accommodates the legendary El Primero chronograph mechanism. Moreover, it incorporates a 12-hour alarm complication.

The case of the new Zenith watch is sculptured in stainless steel or 18K rose gold. It is water resistant to 50 meters. The timepiece is presented on an alligator leather strap.

The elegant dial, black or silver, has an aperture revealing the rapidly pulsating balance wheel. The world time and 24-hour discs are found on the perimeter of the dial. read more

New Zenith Defy Xtreme sports watch collection comprises timepieces with the movement's bridges, balance and pallet cocks containing Zenithium, an exclusive, ultra-light and ultra-shock-resistant alloy, a combination of titanium and hyper-density steel for greater strength, and niobium for its form memory. The brand describes its innovative Zenithium as indestructible. read more

The Defy watches are based on a bold combination of innovative materials, with the famous Zenithium on the list. Zenithium is the name of an exclusive alloy applied to strengthen the regulating components. read more

The Minute Repeater complication is one of the most sophisticated expressions of the Art of Watchmaking. First minute repeaters appeared more than 300 years ago and were incorporated by clocks and pocket watches. The initial minute repeaters allowed time-reading at night, when people used no electric lights but only candles.

Today, only most experienced watchmaking companies can boasts minute repeater watches in their collections, and Zenith is one of the very few of them.

Zenith has managed to unite the Minute Repeater mechanism with the brand's legendary EI Primero Chronograph. The extremely complicated Zenith watch accommodates the new 4043 caliber. The mechanism comprises 461 elements and 45 rubies. The mechanism, beating at 36,000 vibrations per hour, gives an advantage of a 50-hour power-reserve.

To unite the two complications, Zenith watchmakers have developed and patented a system that enabled the chiming mechanism to encircle the axes of the chronograph. The striking mechanism rack is elaborated in one super-complicated piece with teeth featuring concentric levers for the hours and minutes.

The Zenith Academy Open Repetition Minutes watch chimes low for the hours, high for minutes, and double tone for the quarter hours. The dial of the Zenith watch reveals a range of transparent openings that allow to drop a look at a majestic ballet of hammers. In case you are eager to better see the operating mechanism, there is one more version of the timepiece featuring an entirely sapphire dial.

The dial is completed with 18K gold hand-mounted applied indexes and numerals and faceted hands. The dial showcases hours and minutes in the center, and small seconds hand at 9 o'clock. The chronograph function is presented through the central seconds hand, 30-minute counter found at 3 o'clock, and 12-hour counter at 6 o'clock.

The 45mm case of the Zenith watch is crafted from solid gold. The first classic version of the timepiece demonstrates a rose gold case with a hand-guilloche silver dial. The second contemporary version demonstrates a white gold case with a transparent dial. The case construction incorporates a transparent sapphire glass case-back.

The Zenith Academy Open Repetition Minutes watch is secured to the wrist on a black crocodile leather strap lined with silky Alzavel calfskin and equipped with an 18K gold triple folding buckle.

The watch is 30-meter water-resistant.

Look through the selection of exclusive Zenith watches:



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The avant-garde Zenith watch is characterized by a technically sophisticated nature, having incorporated a shock-resistant technology and Zenithium bridges. The timepiece accommodates the new Open Grande Date 4039 SX movement and an El Primero Chronograph with a 3-disk Grande Date, a one-of-a-kind, patented system. read more

All the owner of the Zenith watch has to do is to set the city he finds himself in at twelve noon and activate the crown placed at 11 o'clock.In addition, the Zenith Grande Class Traveller Open Multicity has a Grande Date provided with a three-disk patented exclusive mechanism. read more

Zenith marked the first half of 2008 by the creation of the 8800 Tourbillon Zero-G (zero gravity) movement, a major innovation in the horology world. The groundbreaking system has incorporated a gyroscope cage tourbillon and constant horizontal escapement, implying the mechanism avoids the gravity effects, thus providing considerably greater accuracy.

The Defy Classic and Defy Xtreme collection is joined by the SEA ranges characterized by a distinctly nautical look. Defy Classic has housed three new complications into all-gold cases, while Defy Xtreme delivers a powerful message with a much bolder Stealth watch. The new Zenith watches are crafted in innovative materials such as ZENITHIUM. read more

At Baselworld 2008, Zenith has unveiled a new Mega Port Royal Tourbillon. The watch reveals a tourbillon through a dial aperture, while the dial itself is covered with a grill, as though the creators of the timepiece wanted to put up an obstacle to admiring the complication.

The idea might have been suggested by the early wristwatches developed for soldiers in the first World War, with the grill protecting the glass crystal, or some of the earlier Cartier Pasha watches. The new Zenith Mega Port Royal Tourbillon features a black titanium case that goes on a striking rubber strap. The watch is equipped with the manufacture El Primero chronograph movement with its high-frequency tourbillon read more

Yet, Zenith Chronomaster watches are created in the spirit of modernity, displaying such innovations as the opening in the dial over the movement's heart, the titanium chosen for the Concept model and the smile-like power reserve. This year Zenith has enriched its signature line by some novel features. read more

The Zenith company was founded by Georges Favre-Jacot at the age of 22. The founder of the brand was one of the first watchmakers who came up with the idea of rationalizing the watch production with help of interchangeable parts read more