3 Responses to “Zenith Men’s Defy Xtreme Tourbillon Titanium Chronograph Watch #96.0529.4035/51.M”

1. Odakota
   November 23rd, 2009 @ 12:17 am

   I got this watch when decided I needed something more sporty than my Rolex Oyster Perpetual (reviewed elsewhere).

   The two watches are pretty different. That one is all sparkles and silver (really platinum, but that’s immaterial), while this one looks like a hunk of dull black plastic (it is supposed to be graphite, but who knows what it is really?) and metal.

   The good:

   - It is lighter than the Rolex, which is a pretty hefty chunk of tin.

   - It is waterproof to 3300 feet, which means it can handle occasional dishwashing chores or pizza sauce without a hitch. I hate watches that you have to take off to wash your hands after you use the bathroom. Nearly lost one down the toilet once; but that’s a different story.

   - It looks cool, pretty much. But that’s personal, and I am sure there are people out there who will be totally wowed by this watch (and also people who will find it bleh!)

   - If you don’t look at it too carefully, it looks like a pretty cheap watch. It doesn’t look all that different, at first glance, from a Casio G-force or some other chunky black sports watch. That makes you less of a target for muggings and such.

   The bad:

   - It is not all that accurate. A quartz watch, like from those made by Timex or Casio, would be more accurate. But it isn’t a big deal. If I really need accurate time, I look at my cell phone.

   - The date display is at an odd place. The usual place is at 3:00, but this watch puts it at 12:00, but tilted to the right. Why? I don’t know. Certainly makes it harder to read, though.

   - I hate to say it, but overall it is kind of hard to read! The tourbillon (the complicated business at 11:00, something to do with the mechanism) takes up a lot of area on the face, and makes the face more complicated to look at. The chronograph dials are dark blue on black, and are basically unreadable. (But who ever uses the chronograph anyway?) But what really matters are the main hour, minute and second hands, or what I call the “business” hands. They are black. True, there are some white spots painted on the hands in an attempt to make them more visible against the dark gray and black face, but it is a feeble effort. Try harder, Zenith!

   - The metal is painted or treated to be black. I don’t know if that black finish will scratch easily or what. Probably it will wear off in spots, eventually.

   - It doesn’t have an alarm or any of the other cool functions you can find in watches pretty easily nowadays.

   - The crystal is “hesalite”, not sapphire, despite what the product description says. I know! You are saying, “What the heck is “hesalite”?” Well, it turns out to be plastic. That means Scratch City, baby! I haven’t scratched mine yet, but it is only a matter of time. So basically they dressed up plastic in some fancy name you have to look up. Disappointing.

   So overall, I give it 3 stars. Good but not great. Shopping tip: it lists for $120K but it is commonly available with a deep discount. (Maybe that should be a warning sign, I don’t know.) Anyway, DO NOT pay a dime over $92K. On Amazon it is eligible for free shipping, which is nice, and if it is defective, you can return it without too much trouble.

2. Gambhiri
   November 23rd, 2009 @ 8:06 am

   These ****’s writing these fictitious reviews are liars. Anyone paying this kind of money for a watch that has hands that match the background so that they are camouflaged and you cannot tell the time needs to be shot. Don’t believe these reviews because they were written by Asians trying to make a dollar for writing a review.

3. Nuha
   November 23rd, 2009 @ 12:56 pm

   Perhaps the best place to begin such a joyous experience would be to say that I purchased the Zenith Mens Defy Xtreme Tourbillion Titanium chronograph was just a shade over retail at a flat $100,000 after cashing my $3.5m bonus incentive check. I had given my earlier on to a fine gentleman for the SEC, and the second I gave to my 16 year old daughter’s best friend, because of the delightful was she took care of me on the weekend when Sadie and Sall had go to visit gramdmama. So this was to be mine along. I quickly fastened it in classic teddyboy style where the bracelate was about my write and the face of the watch beneth my radius, a la mode su riche.

   However, when I actually had to refer to the watch, I found the “interface” a bit daunting unquestionably an exceptional, it seemed as if the function had be left out by design. I was shocked to see what appeared to be a survivor of some dreadful apocalyptic assault. I expected Mad Max to come shattering down the street in that awful two wheel death rattler he tempted fate it. I quite literally could not make heads or tails of the timepiece and had to quickly look atop a Dairy Queen to see that I was nearly 20 minutes late for my next sensitivity training meeting conducted by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

   Not only was this clock’s face as inscrutable as a Klingon codebook, but also I could find no way to examine some of the more arcane reasons for which I purchased it. I phase of the moon in Rangoon was off by full minutes and I still can figure how to turn the alarm off.

   These minor eccentricities aside, I’m quite proud of my ne possession. My younger daughter will be headed to Pre-K next year, and I think the Tourbillion would be quite appropriate for such an occasion.

   Charles Amsterdam Astor VI

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