Views on the Hodinkee X Zenith Chronomaster?

rspace
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Hello everyone,

Would love to hear your views on the new Hodinkee release. Its overall a typical hodinkee package. I believe there may be only 2 points worthy of discussion.

1- The dial - Everyone seems to be enamored by the dial. Is it just me who thinks it doesn't suit this watch? Maybe its because i think this whole salmon(ish) dial thing has been overdone a lot.

2- The date window - Does the color matching work? It doesn't for me and honestly i wish they had done away with it. But as with all things Hodinkee :
Current release -" Love it or hate it, the date window is one of the most useful features on any watch"
For their 2016 limited edition - "Oh, and did we mention this 38mm chronometer chronograph, with rich sunburst slate grey dial and faceted rhodium hands, does not feature a date window? You're welcome."

What do you guys think?
 
Larry S
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It’s not “opaline salmon”, it’s beige, a depressing color. The color matching is downhill from there.
 
YY77
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Happy I bought the FWC edition with the 400 movement:
 
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fiberguy
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ConElPueblo ConElPueblo
Am I the only one who abhor the "X" naming trend? Egads it is annoying.

Yeah I am over these collaborations as well...
 
cchen
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Ugly and expensive.
Much prefer the zenith a3818 airweight
 
OneTwo
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rspace rspace
2- The date window - Does the color matching work? It doesn't for me and honestly i wish they had done away with it. What do you guys think?

The placement/alignment of the date window with the adjacent second track is a bit irking for me
 
Geezer
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I like the watch, but the fact that it's from Hodinkee is a turn-off for me.
 
Bourne1984
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I love most things Zenith but no thanks. Terrible colour choices
 
bgrisso
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Its kinda funny no one cares enough about this watch to even post a picture 😜
 
Bourne1984
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bgrisso bgrisso
Its kinda funny no one cares enough about this watch to even post a picture 😜
What watch?……A good observation.
 
YY77
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cchen cchen
Ugly and expensive.
Much prefer the zenith a3818 airweight
Yep airweight is fantastic especially the dial and has the much more historic 400 movement;
 
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bgrisso
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YY77 YY77
Yep airweight is fantastic especially the dial and has the much more historic 400 movement;

I think the Air weight and the regular steel version are both lovely, as are some of the other re-issue Zenith have been doing in recent years. If I had any spare money I would love to get one.
 
dsio
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YY77 YY77
Happy I bought the FWC edition with the 400 movement:
That strap reminds me of my grandparents’ couch from the 70s.
 
NGO1
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CaptainWinsor CaptainWinsor
I’m not really sure why Zenith would partner up with the dink anyway

LVMH owns Zenith and major shareholder of Dink. These collabs are under one umbrella.

Zenith x Dink
Tag Heuer x Dink
Blancpain x Dink

and whatever else.
 
Ree
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NGO1 ngo516
LVMH owns Zenith and major shareholder of Dink. These collabs are under one umbrella.

Zenith x Dink
Tag Heuer x Dink
Blancpain x Dink

and whatever else.
Blancpain is Swatch Group. Hublot is LVMH. H x H sounds good.
 
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