Dino944
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I don't see the similarities between the Zenith chronograph and the Daytona that other people are seeing. Yes, they both have a black ceramic bezel and the same hands, but that's about it. The Zenith is a stand-in for the Daytona as much as the Omega Seamaster is a stand-in for the Submariner. Some people will buy it because they don't want to pay double retail or wait for a decade for a Daytona, but it's a fine watch in its own right.
Never said the Zenith isn't a great quality watch. I would just rather have one with more Zenith DNA, than one which looks like a Rolex homage. The classic has the tachymeter scale on the dial, not a metal or ceramic bezel, although their somewhat more generic /less attractive old Rainbow Chronographs had a bezel with the scale or diving markings. To me, this new one looks a bit too much like a Daytona, with the bezel, "Oyster style bracelet", and a case shape closer to that of a Daytona than any of the classic Zenith El Primero chronographs. But to each his own.
I was struck by the 5 years service interval. Sounds a bit excessive.
Patek, and other companies making "Dress watches" used to recommend a service roughly every 3 years back in the 1980s and 90s. These cases are not as robust, and not as good at protecting a watch from keeping moisture and dust out, and maybe keeping the oils from congealing (as say that of an Oyster case or Seamaster). Rolex was recommending every 5 years IIRC, but with advances in the lubricants, most companies have been able to extend the intervals between services. I went 13 years with an old 167570 Explorer II, and everything was fine. It only needed new gaskets (which any watch should get when it's getting overhauled). Rolex now suggests a service every 10 years. https://www.rolex.com/watch-care-an...tinued accuracy and,model and real-life usage.