Zenith Port Royal Open ... Eh?
Discussion
I've just been browsing through the Zenith offerings on Chrono24 and stumbled across a watch that has caught my eye in the past ... The Port Royal Open 
It looks fantastic; open heart design displaying the balance wheel and escapement of the El Primero movement, and decorated display back, and the interesting case lines. Definitely a worthy contender to the higher end Monaco watches!
However what I cannot understand is the fact it is a chronograph. The El Primero is a chronograph movement, it has chronograph stop/start & reset buttons, and various sellers state it is a chronograph. I'm not disputing that, but how exactly do you read your chronograph timings?
ETA: I'm an idiot ... Some seller shots show the dial at 3 O'Clock in different positions, so automatically thought it was a 'small seconds' ... There is no second hand! The actual second hand is the chronograph seconds and the dial at 3 O'Clock is minutes. So it's a 30 minute chronograph! Oh well, it's still a lovely watch to look at
It looks fantastic; open heart design displaying the balance wheel and escapement of the El Primero movement, and decorated display back, and the interesting case lines. Definitely a worthy contender to the higher end Monaco watches!
However what I cannot understand is the fact it is a chronograph. The El Primero is a chronograph movement, it has chronograph stop/start & reset buttons, and various sellers state it is a chronograph. I'm not disputing that, but how exactly do you read your chronograph timings?
ETA: I'm an idiot ... Some seller shots show the dial at 3 O'Clock in different positions, so automatically thought it was a 'small seconds' ... There is no second hand! The actual second hand is the chronograph seconds and the dial at 3 O'Clock is minutes. So it's a 30 minute chronograph! Oh well, it's still a lovely watch to look at
Edited by Ikemi on Wednesday 16th March 16:27
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