Davidoff Very Zino
I read somewhere that B&M may be doing their watches, I really don't know how to find that out for sure but the watch seems very well built. I mean, Davidoff, some of you may be wondering as you read this, does what? Perfume? Cool Water? So this may very well be a business partnership between two companies, one is the brand and the other one is the anonymous watch maker.
So I'm into intriguing designs and polarizing watches. This one though, it is very polarizing. I'm not fond of those tell me what you think threads but this one will be a review/tell me what you think so I can be at ease.
Dial
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Nice looking dial with fine detailing all around. There is a lot of texture and different levels of height going on. You have striping and markers; you have the 12th applied and the others painted on a higher surface. Contrast between colors is also very prominent. The markers feel like they are up in the air and their design is pretty neat. All of the markers rounding the dial are lumed.
Case
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The case has some very nice see through lugs and I love that about the watch. The webpage says it is 12mm thick but my measurement puts it more towards 10mm. As I mentioned before, I like unique designs. The crown has squared edges and that detail is pretty nice too. As you noticed, the actual shape is an ellipsis. The measurement is 44mm from nine to three, 38mm from twelve to six and 45mm lug to lug. The size fits my wrist very well since I like to stay around 40mm and below. The rest of the case is nicely polished, nothing to out of the norm in terms of the overall design but the ellipsis part, you either love it or hate it.
Movement
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The movement alone might be worth the price I paid for the watch. It is very nicely finished and that is why I don't think a newcomer can just finish a watch like that. The finishing is on par with an Eterna Vaughan I used to own and a Jeanrichard 1681 that lasted 30 seconds on my wrist before going back. It is an ETA 2895-2 and obviously I have not timed it yet.
Lume
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It has some lume, definitely not the brightest on this world but it has some. Not sure if you can expect much more there. The markers are not super big either.
Wristshot - Wearability
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It looks good on the wrist. Definitely not a conventional design but it fits the wrist well. The strap is ~20mm at the lugs, although, over the lugs is 25mm. It would be interesting to see the watch with other straps exposing the lugs more. It is a bummer that this is one of those straps that you would have to cut to re-size. That is an inconvenience.
Final Thoughts
I like the watch but I am a little bit hesitant. I think I will feel better after reading what people think. The watch is very well built, the movement decoration is awesome. The design is polarizing, you don't see an ellipsis watch very often and see trough lugs either. It looks good on the wrist and it is very well worth it for the price. There's that small inconvenience with the strap but any aftermarket strap will make it look good, probably even better than on rubber. I'm going to toss it over to you guys now, what do you think?
Specs
I read somewhere that B&M may be doing their watches, I really don't know how to find that out for sure but the watch seems very well built. I mean, Davidoff, some of you may be wondering as you read this, does what? Perfume? Cool Water? So this may very well be a business partnership between two companies, one is the brand and the other one is the anonymous watch maker.
So I'm into intriguing designs and polarizing watches. This one though, it is very polarizing. I'm not fond of those tell me what you think threads but this one will be a review/tell me what you think so I can be at ease.
Dial
Nice looking dial with fine detailing all around. There is a lot of texture and different levels of height going on. You have striping and markers; you have the 12th applied and the others painted on a higher surface. Contrast between colors is also very prominent. The markers feel like they are up in the air and their design is pretty neat. All of the markers rounding the dial are lumed.
Case
The case has some very nice see through lugs and I love that about the watch. The webpage says it is 12mm thick but my measurement puts it more towards 10mm. As I mentioned before, I like unique designs. The crown has squared edges and that detail is pretty nice too. As you noticed, the actual shape is an ellipsis. The measurement is 44mm from nine to three, 38mm from twelve to six and 45mm lug to lug. The size fits my wrist very well since I like to stay around 40mm and below. The rest of the case is nicely polished, nothing to out of the norm in terms of the overall design but the ellipsis part, you either love it or hate it.
Movement
The movement alone might be worth the price I paid for the watch. It is very nicely finished and that is why I don't think a newcomer can just finish a watch like that. The finishing is on par with an Eterna Vaughan I used to own and a Jeanrichard 1681 that lasted 30 seconds on my wrist before going back. It is an ETA 2895-2 and obviously I have not timed it yet.
Lume
It has some lume, definitely not the brightest on this world but it has some. Not sure if you can expect much more there. The markers are not super big either.
Wristshot - Wearability
It looks good on the wrist. Definitely not a conventional design but it fits the wrist well. The strap is ~20mm at the lugs, although, over the lugs is 25mm. It would be interesting to see the watch with other straps exposing the lugs more. It is a bummer that this is one of those straps that you would have to cut to re-size. That is an inconvenience.
Final Thoughts
I like the watch but I am a little bit hesitant. I think I will feel better after reading what people think. The watch is very well built, the movement decoration is awesome. The design is polarizing, you don't see an ellipsis watch very often and see trough lugs either. It looks good on the wrist and it is very well worth it for the price. There's that small inconvenience with the strap but any aftermarket strap will make it look good, probably even better than on rubber. I'm going to toss it over to you guys now, what do you think?
Specs
| FUNCTIONS | |
| POWER RESERVE | |
| FEATURES | |
| TWO HAND | |
| SMALL SECONDS | |
| DATE | |
| CASE | |
| SHAPE: | Ellipse |
| FINISH: | Polished |
| MATERIAL: | Stainless Steel |
| WIDTH: | 44 mm without crown |
| CASE LENGTH WITH LUGS: | 46 mm |
| WATER RESISTANCE: | 50 m (165 feet) |
| CRYSTAL: | Sapphire Crystal Scratch Resistant Anti Reflective |
| THICKNESS: | 12 mm |
| CASE BACK: | Screw-In Sapphire Crystal See-Through |
| DIAL | |
| ATTRIBUTES: | Engraved and Sunburst Effect |
| COLOR: | Silver and Black |
| HANDS: | Silver Tone Hands |
| MARKERS: | Arabic Numerals Silver Tone |
| BEZEL | |
| MATERIAL: | Stainless Steel |
| MOVEMENT | |
| TYPE: | Swiss Mechanical Automatic (Self-Winding) |
| CALIBER: | ETA 2895-2 |
| JEWELS: | 27 |
| CALENDAR: | Date at 3 o'clock |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: | Made in Switzerland |
| CROWN: | Pull and Push Crown |
| BAND | |
| BAND TYPE: | Strap |
| BAND MATERIAL: | Rubber |
| BAND COLOR: | Black |
| WIDTH: | 25 mm |
| LENGTH: | 8 inches |
| CLASP: | Double Folding Clasp with Push Button |
