
Among the watchmaker’s timepieces, this handsome luxury watch belong to the Class Elite Traveller Multicity line-up for gents that bring the excellence of Swiss watchmaking craftsmanship and svelte European design altogether within its masculine 44mm silhouette.
Just like every the brand’s premium watches that are meticulously crafted in the heart of the mountainous valleys of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, behind its charming looks, this elegant mechanical timekeeper is also superior in terms of built and technical qualities as well. Crafted with enduring materials for longevity, flawless and detailed, and also comfortable to wear. While the one inside, the Elite 687, gives you one of the best performance you could possibly ask from a Swiss mechanical automatic movement, and would remains run smoothly for ages --we’ll talk more about it later.
Based on its measurements, this Zenith 03-0520-687-22-C678 would be a large size for gents, or you may say an XL. Its fine brushed and polished round case that is made of premium grade stainless steel has a masculine diameter of 44mm and approximately 15mm thick, meanwhile, its luxurious Black bracelet that is made of genuine alligator-skin and comes equipped with a logoed steel made triple folding clasp is around 22mm wide.

The back of the case is transparent, featuring a rounded sapphire display that let you to take a good look at the workshop-crafted Le Locle manufacture Zenith caliber Elite 687 fitted inside. Its polished steel part is engraved with markers, and securely held in place by eight screws. Around the case’s side, there are two logoed steel crown; the one at the 3 o’clock position is for the main functionality, while the other one at the 11 o’clock position meant for the World Time complication --both are fluted to make them easier to use. And upfront, its face is also decently shielded with a sapphire crystal, which in addition to be highly scratch resistant, also enhanced with an anti-reflective coating, giving you an appreciable continual clarity while ensuring that its surface would remains scratches-and-nicks free time to time.
The watch’s construction that is water resistant to 50 meters makes it practical enough for daily wear as it would surely withstands slight wetness, splashes, and even light rain. Of course, you can also expect that the timepiece wont fog through time and use, too.

Speaking a bit about the movement, the Elite’s Zenith Calibre 687 is a nice mechanical movement that is personally developed, built, and decorated by the watchmaker. It has is no Chronometer certification, however, you can be be sure that this Le Locle manufacture caliber perform as good as those COSC certified movements in terms of accuracy and reliability. Just like the less complicated cal. 685, this Elite 687 also beats at the harmonic rhythm of 28,800 alterations per hour, yet, it consists of more parts, to be exact, 189 in total. This self-winding automatic movement contains 41 jewels, and it provides around 50 hours of power reserve under full wind. And as it was once mentioned before, you can conveniently enjoy the beauty of its “Zenith Star Elite” decorated rotor as well as the subtle satin finishing on the bridges via the watch’s exhibition caseback.
Anyway, for all of its quality offerings, this men’s Stainless steel on Black crocs leather Black dial Zenith Class Elite Traveller Multicity 03.0520.687/22.C678 mechanical automatic watch is reasonably priced with an original manufacturer suggested retail price of $7,700.00.
Watch Specification
Brand: | Zenith |
Collection: | Class Elite |
Series: | Traveller Multicity |
Model number: | 03.0520.687/22.C678 Ref. 03-0520-687-22-C678. also referred as 03052068722C678. |
Watch style: | Gents, Casual Dress, Elegant, Traveler |
Display type: | Analog |
Movement: | Swiss automatic Zenith Elite caliber 687. In house, mechanical manufacture calibre Elite 687 by Zenith. Swiss made, automatic self-winding mechanical movement. C.O.S.C. certified Chronometer grade movement. |
Functions: | Hour, Minute, Small Seconds, Date, Power Reserve, World Time Info |
Dial: | Black Central Guilloche diamond pattern decorated. Silver tone hour and minute hands. Silver tone applied hour markers with two Arabic hour markers at 12 and 6. painted minute markers along the hour markers. small seconds at 9. date display at 4:30. power reserve indicator at 2. painted GMT 24-hour markers and alternating "cities" indicators in Black and White along the dial’s periphery. |
Window: | Sapphire Crystal scratch resistant, anti-reflective coated |
Case: | Stainless Steel Round, Ø 44 mm, 51 mm lug to lug, ± 15 mm thick. fine brushed and polished. |
Bezel: | Stainless Steel stationary bezel with inner rotating functions for the World Time. polished. |
Caseback: | See-thru screwed-in stainless steel with sapphire display. engraved. |
Crown: | Non-screw crown Stainless Steel. fluted. logoed. the secondary crown at the 11 o’clock position is fashioned in the same way. |
Bracelet: | Alligator / Crocodile leather Black, textured pattern, with tonal stitching. ± 22 mm wide. men standard length. |
Clasp: | Deployment clasp |
Notable Features: | Calendar Power Reserve World Time Transparent exhibition caseback |
Water resistant: | 50 m (5 ATM / 165 feet) daily wear, capable to withstand splashes of water and very light rain. |
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