The case design of the 5170 leaves a lot to be desired for me. It's flat, with 21mm lugs, and the dial sits far from the crystal. Along with the sub dials below the equator the watch lacks the coherence of a chrono. The new dial layout is a bit better but not enough for me. The 5070 has soul, no oth
Went back and forth on selling my CB for a while. Same issue, just don't wear it enough. I figured out that it's more of a colder weather watch as the deep blue and grey tantalum case gives the watch a mix of both somber and elegance. So I gave myself the first few months of this coming winter to fe
Agree that at the lower end of the spectrum Lange sits right up there with Patek in quality and design and it really comes down to your particular preference (though Patek has more design variety with their three-handers and calendars). Up the ladder towards grand complications, Patek still reigns s
I enjoyed it on my wrist too, clean, sober, and elegant. I found it a bit thicker than anticipated though. And the movement is still small for this size case. Look at the sub-dials and imagine they contain circles. They run right up to the center pivot and Zenith elongates the indices to compensate
I think that ring which the bezel sits on hearkens back to the 222 which is apparently the theme of the new models. I actually like it, as I found the previous version's interplay of bezel and case to be a bit inelegant in it's geometries. But I'm not sold at that date wheel on the chrono. They shou