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following tozzle's presentation of his chronomaster xxt open, i literally could not stop drooling everytime i saw those pics. i kept bothering t.o. through pm's with my newbie questions. i did alot of research about the brand/movement, went to a couple ad's and tried them on. in the end i felt the "openness" of the chronomaster is a bit too big for my liking, and i've always favored the more sporty arabics...so i went with the grande class open in white/silver!

watch wears a comfortable 44mm on my wrist (the extra 1mm on the chrono made a diff imo). almost quartz-like accurate, the el primero has fluctuated between 0-2 sec for the whole week depending on the power reserve! right now it's +1sec as of last thursday . i hope the watch eventually settles down

been raining cats and dogs so just a couple pics (even worse than usual w/minimal lighting)...it's beautiful in person (more so than the iwc 5001 imo). going off-trail again, thinking of a ulysse nardin or glashutte bracelet next.

Indeed an excellent choice! I envy you for having a Zenith dealership nearby. The nearest one to me is 800 miles away!

///M

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ahhh good to see the pictures at last! very nice pece indeed! i love all the brished finishes.

Glad to here about the time keeping. i think mine is about +/- 2 mins a week - not to bad but i dont keep the reserve de marche half way like you, its always on full due to me stiking it in the winder each night

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Good to see another Zenith, very nice pick up.

Mine loses about one second every four days - I can live with that

i am a big fan of these zenith watches. they go from very sporty to very classy and i just love the whole collection. congrats on your new purchase!

thanks guys! and TO the watch is mostly polished. only thanks to my (crappy) pics does it look brushed

I so nearly bought a Zenith the other day but resisted

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Love it! A Zenith open chrono XXT is my grail at the moment.

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That's a beautiful piece. Sporty yet elegant. I may need to look into Zenith a little more . . .

-Craig

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Congrats, it's beautiful, and definitely a good thing to see another Zenith on the board.

Mine keeps very good time, although I haven't tested it yet so I can't say precisely how good.