Pulled the Trigger - what an upgrade
At first I contacted my AD about a new meteorite and to have it fitted with the zen clasp. The clasp will not be fitted on new non skeletons for at least a year, and to pay to retrofit won't be available until end of summer.
So went ahead and ordered the skeleton with arrival in June, it has grown on me a lot since first seeing release photos, and the new zenith clasp was the main thing that had me selling my last CMS's.
What will remain to be seen is which movement view implementation works better in person - the open dial on my Rose Chronomaster Open or the full skeleton on the CMS.
If they had the option to order the Rose Gold on full bracelet with Rose Zen Clasp that would be my first choice, but no current plans for the clasp in rose I'm told.
I'd say with releases like this, Zenith's demise is highly overstated. Although I would love a lower RP, I like it more than a daytona, and it seems Zenith purposely made their RP $200 less than a standard Daytona.