It’s worth mentioning that moon phase watches have been around for years at Zenith. The second, reviewed here, features an evolution of this movement with small seconds and moon display, calibre 692 as visible here.ĭuring the LVMH event in Dubai, Zenith presented its revamped Elite Classic and Elite Moonphase collections, now geared to both sexes and offered in two sizes (36mm and 40.5mm). The first one features calibre 670 (the original) with a time-and-date display.
Does anybody know what became of this calibre? The Elite Calibre is back at Zenith, with the new 2020 Elite calibre, comprising two models. However, after much fanfare and commitment to future in-house complications based on the Elite 6150, it disappeared into thin air. The resulting 42mm Zenith Elite 6150 three-hand watch was a lesson in elegance and sobriety and well-received by watch critics. Thanks to two mainspring barrels the Elite 6150 duplicated the power reserve of its predecessor to 100 hours, increased the movement diameter from 25.6mm to 30mm all the while retaining the original slimness of 3.92mm. What is odd though is that in 2015, coinciding with Zenith’s 150 th anniversary, a new in-house automatic movement derived from the Elite was launched. Zenith Elite Calibre 6150, unveiled in 2015, with robust 100h power reserve and double-barrel
The Elite calibre was designed as a multipurpose base movement with a robust 50-hour power reserve and voted “Best Movement of the Year” at Baselworld 1994. Zenith’s answer to the classic three-hand dress watch, the Elite collection was named after the ultra-thin automatic Elite movement, the first Zenith calibre to be developed using Computer Assisted Technology (CAD) and launched in 1994. The Zenith calibre Elite 670 – a slim 3-hand movement used by the brand since 1994 and produced in-house – photo by TimeZone.
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