Salon QP has become one of the most important fairs in the luxury watch market and in four short years has become one of the top events in the haute horlogerie industry.  The most famous of luxury watchmakers also rub shoulders with lesser-known, yet equally fabulous houses of timepiece craftsmanship. An elite selection of watchmakers […]

Eight selected haute horlogerie manufacturers will be creating one-of-a-kind watches which will be on a preview display at Salon QP for three days in mid-November. Frank Müller, Hublot, Roger Dubuis, Vacheron, Audemars Piguet, Breguet, Maurice Lacroix, Zenith and Constantin have all made unique, one-off watches that will be unveiled at Salon QP while Harrods will […]

Luxury watchmakers Zenith have set an out-of-this-world record! The company’s El Primero Stratos Flyback Striking 10th was the first watch to break the sound barrier in a near-space environment on Sunday, October 14. The timepiece was worn by skydiver Felix Baumgartner in his record-setting 24-mile jump from the Earth’s stratosphere. Zenith timepieces have been renowned for […]

Today’s selection for Watch of the Day is the Zenith Star Open. This ladies model features a new cushion-shaped case by Zenith, with their legendary beating heart of the El Primero 4062 automatic chronograph movement, visible through the heart on the dial. The Zenith Star Open also comes with a 50 hour power reserve. The […]

Upon returning from Basel World 2012, Haute Time had the opportunity to meet with Zenith CEO Jean-Frederic Dufour for a breakfast at the Four Seasons in New York City. Dufour has been with Zenith since 2009 and implementing innovative new ideas with the company. Zenith recently put out its new Pilot Collection and while Zenith […]

My first stop of the day was to check out my good friend Alain Huy at Zenith. They have an amazing location at Basel World and I am very impressed with the new watches that are coming to the market. It was a improtu meeting. I just came in and he showed me some cool […]

Released today in Baselworld, Zenith debuted the new El Primero Espada timepiece and the Pilot Collection The El Primero Espada is a three hands watch with an Automatic High Frequency Caliber. The timepiece has a 40 mm case diameter, available in rose gold or stainless steel with 50 hours power reserve The new Pilot Collection is as the name was […]

1.  Tell us some of the most exciting developments at Zenith today? Since June 2009, ZENITH under the leadership of Jean-Frederic Dufour, President and CEO, has enjoyed a complete revamping of its creations. The international commercial success that we enjoyed since is definitely encouraging all our the future developments. During the Basel fair 2012, we will […]

Check out the unique and impressive movement of the Zenith El Primero.

  Zenith opened its new concept boutique on one of Geneva’s busiest streets, the rue du rhône, on Monday December 19th. Much more than a simple store, the Zenith boutique is a whole watchmaking world made draw in visitors to the Manufacture Zenith. the legendary firm that is still located in the exact spot where […]

What goes around, comes around –call them ultra thin or extra flat, thin dress watches are back, and a rose by any other name would be just as elegant.  Though a newcomer to fine watchmaking in recent years might be forgiven for not knowing it, making a thin watch (and wearing one) was for decades […]

The year was 1969, and one of the last great problems in watchmaking lay unsolved: how to make an automatic, or self-winding, chronograph watch. Though the automatic chronograph has become more common, at the start of 1969 they didn’t yet exist. Zenith changed watchmaking forever when they introduced the watch aptly known as the “El […]

The name Zenith might conjure images of old television sets and radios to a lot of Americans but to watch lovers, it’s a magic word that summons images of one of Switzerland’s most respected manufacturers.  Zenith’s history goes all the way back to its founding in 1865 in the Swiss village of Le Locle, where […]

Flash back to the years of great horological luxury optimism around 2005 to discover the origin of this interesting Zenithtimepiece. It is a time when high-end watch sales were moving along on a greased track like a fast moving locomotive. The key to the game seemed to be the ability to shock and awe the luxury […]