This is the same case for the green model, where the NATO strap is a lime green, however, the dial is a more subtle darker green colour. This, however, works well for the timepiece as it doesn’t give it the standout look that comes with an orange coloured dial, but instead a more subtle appearance. The dials match the NATO strap colours nicely, with the exception of the orange NATO strap, for which the dial has a brown shade. The hands and hour indices have also been filled with Super-LumiNova for low-light visibility.Īs mentioned, Longines has given these HydroConquest timepeices beautiful sunray finished dials. The GMT hand is indicated with a triangle tipped 4th hand. The dials have a simplistic design, with large hour indices and hands for easy readability. The ceramic bezel inserts have been colour matched to the dials with the same sunray effect. The HydroConquest comes in a 41mm stainless steel case, with a uni-directional rotating ceramic bezel that’s equipped with Super-LumiNova. I can answer any questions anyone may have.Orange Longines X Otis Hope Carey Collaboration Strap on Brown Sunray Dial HydroConquest. It confused me quite a bit before I thought about it.Īnyways, hope this was useful. The minutes will still sync fine, and if you need to measure anything in seconds scale, you can/should use the chronograph. When setting the time, just align the minutes up to a time source and push in the crown at any arbitrary seconds position ( with one of the hands pointing up, for example ). After some thought, this design works just fine. The hands themselves look identical, so there's no real way to distinguish time from a seconds point of view. There are some seconds hash marks along the right and bottom of the open dial, but no markings for the rest of it. The indicator itself is three handed and extends along a long stem from the movement at the bottom. The seconds indicator at 9 o'clock occupies on of the holes of the open heart. I'm not exactly sure how to read the seconds on this watch. The display back is standard El Primero fare, very good looking ( on par with some JLC I'd say ), but not up there with some display backs from GO and some of the more expensive brands. Moonphase advancement happens between midnight and about 3am, which is about typical. Date change is very crisp and aligned at midnight exactly. Overall fit and finish is quite good, as befitting all Zenith watches. Plus the display is larger than you would find typically for a sun/moonphase. It has a rough painted look to it which for me, adds loads of class. In all honesty, this sun/moon phase is the most detailed and picturesque that I've seen from any watch ( see the pictures above ). But damn it if they're not pretty Zenith overlays a transparent disk with two metallic moons that rotates once per 59 days over a very intricately drawn sun phase disk that rotates once every 24 hours to achieve the sun+moonphase in one clean display. In practicality, both indicators have little use. on the 42mm models this is much less pronounced and looks a bit more natural.įinally, one of the biggest draws for me was the Sun and Moonphase indicator. It's very obvious that the escapement is set very "deep" into dial on the 45mm models as you see a lot of "wall" along the open heart. the 42 mm models, the 45mm models are much thicker, and you can see this in the sides of the open heart. I can look at it all day One thing about the 45mm vs. The open heart showing the escapement is mesmerizing. Possibly this can be tweaked at service, but it's not a big deal for me right now. The big date looks good, although it is not as "crisp" and aligned as a GO. Larger hands with lume and applied indexes with lume replace last year's pointed hands and applied roman numerals. Last years model had a smaller dial set inside a 45mm case. Die CHRONOMASTER Kollektion illustriert das große Savoir-faire der Manufaktur auf dem Gebiet automatischer Hochfrequenzchronographenwerke und die einzigartige Designsprache, die sie in über 50 Jahren entwickelt hat. For me this helps to offset the large dial, and makes it wear smaller. The dial itself got a bit busier with a circular metallic ring around the outside of the dial. They went to a circular buzzer type button for the chrono operation this year instead of last year's oval shape. Start/Stop/Reset all have a solid and satisfying push. The Chronograph is identical to the other Zenith chronos I've tried, top knotch with the 36kvph movement. The case is a very familiar feel as I believe it is shared across all 45mm Zeniths (Class and Chronomaster). Movement: El Primero 4047, 3650 Hr Power reserveįeatures: Chronograph, Open heart dial, Big date, Sun and MoonPhase, Confusing seconds indicator.Īt 45mmx17mm, this watch is proooobably too big for me I actually swore never to get anything > 42mm again, but I fell in love with the combined feature set here. Hands and Indexes: Rhodium with SuperLuminova SLN C1
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