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· ·schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorCaptain Chrono
Wot's in da Box?: Summer doldrums edition
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· ·Ash @ ΩFDoes it have a Fusee and Chain?
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· ·Ash @ ΩFIs it... from the captain collection (in general)
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· ·Ash @ ΩFCaptain Central Second with the chocolate starburst dial?
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· ·schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorShould have got half a point for picking Captain range
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· ·Mrs Nataf's Other SonCaptain Central Second with the chocolate starburst dial?
Close enough! Captain Central Second with the graduated smoke dial.
Well-executed brown dials are to me what blue dials are to Dennis. I saw one of these during my expedition to secure the Gonzo Primero this spring http://omegaforums.net/threads/fear-and-loathing-in-le-locle.4583/ and since then they just keep popping up. I resolved to get one if I could find an example at the right price, and I recently did.
As is usual with these, a bit difficult to capture the appearance in stills
Base Elite 670 inside
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· ·Ash @ ΩFIn that second last pic it actually looks a lot like a vintage Zenith
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·Wow, I like that dial a LOT! 
You don't see too many and that one is done very well. Fell in lust with a Moser Mayu a few years back with a smoke dial.
You don't see too many and that one is done very well. Fell in lust with a Moser Mayu a few years back with a smoke dial.
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·Nice to see the Elite getting some love. The movement makes for a nice watch with clean lines and I love the smoke dial.
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· ·Mrs Nataf's Other SonThanks, gents. I've had my eye on these Captain Central Seconds since they came out - they are really very nicely proportioned, if just a hair large (40mm). I've tried several variations and liked all of them but not enough to make the buy.
I made the same connection. In fact, I mistook this one for a Moser when I first saw it in a shop window. When that happens, and then I find out it is actually a Zenith, it has my attention!
When Dufour rebooted Zenith in 2009, his initial three-hander watch effort was the UltraThin, but the markers were too small, leaving acres of unadorned dial, and I never made my peace with the characteristic nine o'clock running seconds dial of the Elite. Plus, it was trying too hard to be a JLC UltraThin. The Captain was a second effort, intended initially to be sportier, cheaper three-hander. It is a better balanced design, very easy to like, which looks good in a number of different versions. Its relative success is evidenced by the fact that the UltraThin is no longer a featured model, relegated to the moribund Hertage line. The Captian Central Seconds has new variations coming out yearly, and nicely fills the dress watch niche all by itself.
If I could improve on this one, I'd move the date window to the traditional Zenith position at 4:30, which would allow a full marker at six, and go back to the cursive font for the Elite or put the 'Captain' name back on the dial. Other than that, I really wouldn't change a thing.
Wow, I like that dial a LOT!
I made the same connection. In fact, I mistook this one for a Moser when I first saw it in a shop window. When that happens, and then I find out it is actually a Zenith, it has my attention!
When Dufour rebooted Zenith in 2009, his initial three-hander watch effort was the UltraThin, but the markers were too small, leaving acres of unadorned dial, and I never made my peace with the characteristic nine o'clock running seconds dial of the Elite. Plus, it was trying too hard to be a JLC UltraThin. The Captain was a second effort, intended initially to be sportier, cheaper three-hander. It is a better balanced design, very easy to like, which looks good in a number of different versions. Its relative success is evidenced by the fact that the UltraThin is no longer a featured model, relegated to the moribund Hertage line. The Captian Central Seconds has new variations coming out yearly, and nicely fills the dress watch niche all by itself.
If I could improve on this one, I'd move the date window to the traditional Zenith position at 4:30, which would allow a full marker at six, and go back to the cursive font for the Elite or put the 'Captain' name back on the dial. Other than that, I really wouldn't change a thing.
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·Gorgeous. Love the smoky-topaz-like dial. I don't mind the date window at 6... I'll take the symmetry over the signature on this one. Agree a little shrinkage - maybe to 38 mm - might be nice.
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·If I could improve on this one, I'd move the date window to the traditional Zenith position at 4:30, which would allow a full marker at six, and go back to the cursive font for the Elite or put the 'Captain' name back on the dial. Other than that, I really wouldn't change a thing.
I'll second the font change, but leave the date window right where it is IMO. 12 and 6 are the best balanced places for the date window as far as dial symmetry unless the subsecond dial is at 9, in which case 3 works for me.
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·I'll second the font change, but leave the date window right where it is IMO. 12 and 6 are the best balanced places for the date window as far as dial symmetry unless the subsecond dial is at 9, in which case 3 works for me.
Yep. I like the date at 4 o'clock OK on a 3-subdial chrono with a paddle sweep second hand, or a diver with winding crown at the 4 o'clock position, but wouldn't swap it on this one.
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Hmmm...that dial reminds me of that sad little Zenith with the manual wind 2542 movement where the seller had "seller's remorse" and too quickly refunded my money after the sale:
Love the dials on these,
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