Or they assume, if they see it at all, that it’s gold plated, or fake, or whatever. I think, as with most steel watches, people (normal people) just don’t notice them. I don’t think it was even close to happening.
ZENITH CHRONOMASTER GOLD FULL
I half expected total strangers to come up to me and ask me about it, to which I’d reply with the full reference number and an explanation of the 1/10th second chronograph, and my new friend would walk away enlightened and informed. You hear a lot about gold watches being ostentatious and flashy.
One thing I can say for sure is that it didn’t seem to attract attention. But now that I was out in the world (and you’re never more fully “in the world” than waiting for a train in midtown Manhattan) I wondered to myself if there could ever be a scenario where a watch like this would seem normal to me. In the office, it didn’t feel strange to wear it because it’s a little watch bubble where everyone is more or less thinking and talking about watches constantly. I’ve been wearing this gold watch for the better part of a full workday at this point, and I still catch myself feeling genuinely surprised when I look toward my wrist to check the time (or just admire the thing) and see the luster of gold and not the cool slab of steel I’m used to. More to confirm that it’s there, on my wrist, and that I haven’t imagined this whole scenario somehow.Īnyway, here I was, not quite post-pandemic, in an absolute sea of humanity, throngs of people passing each other to who knows where, just to get away for what I’m sure they all hoped would be a relaxing weekend of cookouts, parades, and all the other trappings of a leisurely summer weekend. I caught myself looking at the Chronomaster Open frequently. I found a (relatively) quiet place to sit down and aimlessly stare at my phone while I waited for the “Stand By” message to come over the intercom. Late afternoon on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend, it turns out, is a busy time to travel. It turns out, I had plenty of time to ponder this while waiting in Moynihan Train Hall, certainly a more aesthetically pleasing venue to wear this particular watch than the subterranean and generally horrifying Penn Station, just across 8th Avenue. If I had the ability to sleep with one eye open, believe me when I tell you I’d have it trained on the solid gold chronograph sitting on my bedside table. This is the nature of taking on an expensive loaned watch. Over the course of a long Memorial Day weekend, the rose gold Chronomaster Open would barely leave my wrist, and never leave my sight. I opened it up, removed the watch, set the time, and strapped it on. Frankly, I can’t imagine why.Īnd so it was that on my last day in the office, a package arrived with the watch inside, unceremoniously presented in its black Zenith travel case. People generally don’t just go around asking me if I want to borrow a brand new gold chronograph for a few days. Well, let me tell you: that’s not an opportunity I’m going to miss. I honestly didn’t even realize while I was quickly skimming the email that it was the rose gold version being offered up. Would I be interested in taking one of the new Zenith Chronomaster Opens on loan for a bit so I could write about it for the site? Yes, of course I would. A sapphire crystal covers both the dial and movement.On my most recent trip to the Worn & Wound offices in Brooklyn, I received an email toward the end of my week in the city from the rep for Zenith, one of my favorite brands. We still see the same overall architecture though, with pump-style chronograph pushers and a knurled crown. It’s presented in a steel or gold cased version, both measuring 39.5mm in diameter (1.5mm less than the Sport). That’s the easiest way to put it, although there’s more to talk about obviously. The new Zenith Chronomaster Open is essentially a Chronomaster Sport without the ceramic bezel and a hole in its dial. Now, just about a year later, Zenith extends the family tree with the new Zenith Chronomaster Open, taking us back to the early 2000s and dropping that sporty-looking bezel in the process. The brilliantly styled watch combined the sporty look of the ceramic 1/10th of a second scale bezel, with the signature triple-coloured subdials and the high-frequency El Primero 3600 movement. Last year, Zenith released the superb Chronomaster Sport and it quickly shot to the top of the favourites-list amongst many chronograph enthusiasts.
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