These ones are more minimalist, lacking the two-toned, textured styling of the Waterbury. They’re also rendered in gray, blue and black (left to right), as opposed to gray, dark gray and blue.
However, that’s far from the only stylistic departure. These Q watches also have more simplified indices and markings, two-tone hour and minute hands, and they’re free of red highlights (as on the indices and seconds hand).
Daily driver
While these watches draw clear comparisons to the Zenith El Primero, that’s hardly their only inspiration. In the brand’s own words, these watches hearken to “the original motoring watches that graced the tracks of Europe’s most iconic races.”
That starts with the “ultra-precise” quartz analog chronograph movement at its core (and its accompanying complications). However, it also extends to the tachymeter bezel — a classic, iconic element of racing chronos across the ages.