![]() ![]() The Original and quite possibly the best. There are strap options, too, and, of course, given its role in the watch, the El Primero gets its moment in the sun through a gaping sapphire case back. Cool as that was and is, it’s an acquired taste, so the new collection has a more mainstream three-link bracelet design. The 1960s model had a laddered design created by specialist Gay Frères, as seen on some of Zenith’s Chronomaster Revival models recently. One area of difference is the bracelet design. Despite the level of detail, and that its squeezed into a relatively small dial by modern chronograph standards, the read-out is fabulously well balanced and, dare I say it, far clearer than on the Chronomaster Sport. The inner of these still shows 100 segments, now used to break down the ten seconds it takes for the red hand to complete a full tour of the dial the outer, once a tachymeter, now shows the tenths of a second. This watch was produced in an extremely limited edition of 50 examples.New to the design is how the two scales around the outside edge of the dial are used. It has a self-compensating flat balance spring, and the mechanism oscillates at a frequency of 36,000 vph. ![]() It includes a straight-line lever escapement, a monometallic balance that's adjusted for temperature and 5 positions. It's constructed with 39 jewels, and a shock absorber mechanism. The mechanical automatic self-winding Zenith caliber 4023 movement is rhodium-plated, with oeil-de-perdrix embellishment. The 15mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed. Tags Celebrities & Watches, Chronograph Watches, Watches & Music, Zenith El Primero. Zenith Captain 36000VpH Blue Primero 03.2119.400/22.C720 500 Limited Mens Watch. The price for one of the 250 pieces of the Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tribute to The Rolling Stones is 9,800. Zenith 3.498 Captain El Primero Chronograph Automatic Mens Wa. It's water resistant to 30 meters/100 feet, and it has a 55-hour power reserve at full wind. ZENITH Captain El Primero Chrono 03.2110.400 Date White Hand Winding Mens 45mm. Zenith El Primero Chronomaster Chronograph Automatic Black Dial Mens Watch 02.0240.410/21GB. ![]() There is a power reserve indicator arch above the 6 o'clock position, and a black retrograde date arc between 1 and 4 o'clock, inside which is a 30-minute chronograph subsidiary dial. The Chronomaster El Primero Open is a variation of the El Primero 42. Chronograph, Retrograde Date, Hour, Minute, Second, Power Reserve Indicator. A distinctive black-rimmed (heart shaped) cutout in the dial between 8 and 12 o'clock shows the escapement. It has a silver guilloche dial with applied black dart hour index markers, and grey hands, including the chronograph sweep hand. The 40mm diameter solid three-body 950 platinum case, platinum stepped bezel, rectangular chronograph pushbuttons, and stepped downturned lugs are polished. There is an exhibition sapphire display case back secured with 8 screws. It has a leather strap with a platinum double-fold- over buckle, and a scratch resistant anti-reflective sapphire crystal. This is a platinum Zenith Chronomaster T Open Retrograde, 40.0240.4023/01.C495. More about T Open Date Retrograde Platinum Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Chronograph Automatic Grey Dial Mens Watch 03.2040.4061/23.R576 Zenith Defy El Primero 21 Chronograph Automatic Diamond Mens Watch 22.9001.9004/71.R585 Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Chronograph Automatic Mens Watch 03.2040.4061/52. ![]()
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