mine is polished stainless steel with a light silver dial
and blued hands, but it exists in several variants.
This is an elegant handwound watch in a classic pilot's style,
mine is polished stainless steel with a light silver dial
and blued hands, but it exists in several variants.
I wanted a simple, not too expensive (after all, it's not the kind of watch I wear every day), classic or if you like old fashioned look, but not so small as older watches usually are, elegant and legible watch. This one certainly fits that description.
It's a manual wind watch with a small second hand at the 9 position. I do want second hand, but given the choice I prefer a small, like this, so this part is as close to perfect it can be for what I wanted it for. (I seldom wear it more than one day at a time, so the lack of date and so on doesn't matter at all.)
It's got a press fit glass back and is rated water resistant to 30 m.
I think it's safe to assume this watch was made with the goal of keeping the cost under a certain target, but I'm certain this is the area where cost wasn't allowed to influence quality. I haven't seen better (only just as good) in watches costing five or more times as much.
40+ mm diameter suits me just fine, as it makes the watch easier to read and it helps keeping it in the right spot on the wrist without having to tighten the strap too much.
The supplied strap is quite sturdy and comfortable, with a good buckle and prong, but only one loop to fit the end through.
I usually place great importance on night time visibility. This one obviously doesn't have any luminous material at all, so it's not one of my [few] 100% of the time watches, which I can live with. But it's so legible it works alright in moonlight when the moon is more than half full.
This is the first watch I've had experience with where night position has had a great influence.
Dial up it can gain up to two minutes just overnight. Even if I'm seldom wearing it more than 3-4 days in a row, that's not quite acceptable. Fortunately, if it's placed crown down or up it keeps at around +5s/day with just a few seconds variance. Good quality movement, but clearly not adjusted in all positions.
The design is outstanding. Very good proportions and everything on it is there for a purpose, with just a small amount of text on the dial.
The case is polished, but not very well between the lugs, and if you look closely you'll see that the surfaces aren't really flat.
The grooves on the crown are just cut and not bevelled at all, so it feels a little rough, but it of course also provided for excellent grip. On an automatic it wouldn't have been as acceptable.
Not much. The dealer provided a generic sheet on setting watches, the watch itself came in a small zippered case where a snap fasterer on the inside kept the watch in place, and in a small pocket there's the warranty card. No more and no less than is needed in other words.
Diameter: 40.5 mm Lug width: 20 mm Crown diameter: 7 mm Thickness: 12.4 mm Mass: 0.068 kg with leather strap Mineral glass crystal 30 m water resistance Movement: ETA/UNITAS 6497, 21600 bph
There is some more information about the watch at Zeno's web page.
If you're interested in purchasing one, or another model, see Timefactors' Zeno web page.