New Love for Zenith

[Patrick Lim]

First of all, I must admit I had somehow lost some love for Zenith in the past couple of years. Nothing wrong with their new collections; it's more of the lure of other competing brands for wrist time and resources.

When Zenith relaunched the El Primero 410 limited edition at Baselworld last year, I recalled my joy in purchasing its previous version, the Chronomaster Chronograph Moonphase with annual calendar. It also revisited the pain of selling it subsequently.

So when I saw this exclusive limited edition of 500 pieces in the local boutique last month, there can only be one outcome. A timely Christmas gift to myself :)

The slate grey sunray dial and indices on the dial are beauties to behold. Would prefer 100m WR and size of 40mm given my small wrist. Well, this is still as close to the perfect luxury sports watch IMHO.

Enough said, here's the pic