Zenith

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

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

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

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

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

Over at LVMH, organic revenue for the groups Watches & Jewellery division (Tag Heuer, Zenith, Chaumet, Christian Dior, De Beers LV) progressed 22% for the first three quarters of 2006. Financial analysts take a positive view For Harald Zahnd, analyst at Credit Suisse, luxury goods have been largely immune to crises so far, primarily because of the supply and demand situation in the sector: "Because the proportion of the wealthy is increasing at an above-average rate throughout the world, the demand for luxury goods is also increasing steadily.  read more

Sea motives have become principal this year if speaking about the Zenith Watch Company. Its watches have not only mother-of-pearl dial but even pearl. read more

With straps in toile de voile or rubber, Cartier cruises into summer with watches at the zenith of style. For a collection that sets its sights on steel, these true Cartier classics step out in black and white, coral and blue. read more

When the sun passes in front of this pinhole the ray of light can be used to measure, among other things, the zenith distance and the diameter of the sun. First the Vatican No doubt Jai Singh II had prior knowledge of this latter instrument. read more

Among their suppliers were Buren, Cyma, Eterna, Invicta, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Lemania, Longines, Omega, Record, Rolex, Rotary, Vertex, and Zenith. In the after-war years, the aeronautic forces and the French air force were issued with Breguet Type XX chronographs. read more

The award for the Jewellery Watch category went to Hublot and its One Million \$ BB for the astounding work that produced this "velvet cloak of baguette diamonds", worthy of the finest Swiss jewellery watch tradition. Nor was Zenith forgotten. read more

Titanium is much in evidence, particularly at Zenith with its DefyXtreme Gold Open. Blackened steel is used for accent, as on Breitling's Skyland.  read more

Step forward Van Cleef & Arpels (Tourbillon Cadran Unique), Patek Philippe (Calatrava Travel Time), Zenith (Star Open Sea Tourbillon), Richard Mile (RM 007) and Girard Perregaux (ww.tc - Lady). read more

BASELWORLD plays a key role in this. For Alberto Colangelo, Communication Manager at Zenith International, the show was a great success: "Our exhibition stand attracted an outstanding flow of .. read more

Furthermore, Zenithium wasn't borrowed from other industries, as is often the case. It is the brainchild of Zenith itself, which invests a substantial proportion of its turnover - 7% - in research and development. read more

Alusic (an aluminium-silicon carbide alloy), Zenithium (see box), Hublonium (under development at Hublot) but also tantalum, titanium, forged carbon, silicon, magnesium, ceramic and lithium: watchmaking is entering a new dimension of materials borrowed from other sectors, and even researching and developing its own alloys. Gold and steel, it seems, are no longer the shining stars in the watchmaking firmament. read more

Christopher Columbus used an hourglass to calculate his ships longitude (he calculated latitude from the position of the sun at its zenith and the pole star). The presence of hourglasses onboard gave rise to the knot, the unit of measurement of a ships speed. read more

Highly prized, they were decorated with photographs, often of Tsar Nicholas II. Other companies doing business in Russia at that time have remained famous to this day, including Louis Brandt (whose business, founded in 1848, became Omega) and Zenith. read more