Even 19 years after its release in 1969, the movement was so reliable, robust and well regarded that it made its way into the Rolex Daytona for a period of 12 years, from 1988 to 2000.Īnd this is where we start our tale, proper. The second is the El Primero’s fame as a movement alone. One, as a watch that deserves to be called iconic even amongst the most towering icons, and that holds various important claims in the pantheon of 20th Century watchmaking, including, but not limited to the first fully integrated, Swiss made, self-winding automatic chronograph, hence the name, El Primero. The Zenith El Primero is famous for two reasons. There’s some pretty nifty mechanical trickery going on with the new 10th of a second caliber, too, but we will get to this once the initial impression wears off, and is – in my opinion – thoroughly justified. And now, Zenith is taking that debt back with a black ceramic bezel twist that dawns a new era and a new name, in the Zenith Chronomaster Sport. This all happened when I was merely 12 years old, in 1988. A modified version of the El Primero movement powered the Daytona for 12 years, and marked the first automatic Daytona models. The El Primero was honoured with a 2012 release of the El Primero Stratos Flyback Striking 10th, limited to 1,969 pieces (in honour of the original 1969 release date), that housed the same 36,000 vph movement and a sub-dial measuring in tenths of a second to make a complete rotation every ten seconds.Ok, here’s a fact: The Rolex Daytona owes a debt to the Zenith El Primero. This high rate allows a resolution of 1⁄10 of a second and a potential for greater positional accuracy over the more common standard frequency of 28,800 alternations per hour (4 Hz). The El Primero calibre, which was first released in 1969, and still produced today, was one of the first automatic chronograph movements and has a frequency of 36,000 alternations per hour (5 Hz). It is one of the Swiss watch manufacturers that still produce their own movements in-house. Zenith has a long reputation for the quality and precision of their watches.
Jean-Claude Biver became Interim CEO in 2017, replaced CEO Aldo Magada, who replaced Jean-Frédéric Dufour in 2014. Zenith was purchased by LVMH in November 1999, becoming one of several brands in their watch and jewellery division. The company was started in 1865 by Georges Favre-Jacot at the age of 22, in Le Locle in the canton of Neuchâtel. PayPal f&f please, have several references here I can happily give, most of which were large ticket sales I’ve made like this one. It was purchased brand new from an AD and has a stamped warranty card, so it’s the complete package, and unworn. Im asking $7600 shipping in the CONUS and would prefer to stay firm. Much cooler than the ubiquitous speedmaster imo. It represents the past and future of watchmaking and on top of that, it’s a beautiful and unique design. 53 years later, the same architecture is being used and has now been upgraded with things like silicon components.
And owing to passion dedication of a single watchmaker (Charles Vermot), the movement was preserved. It’s a representation of the height of mechanical watchmaking and innovation right before the quartz crises that nearly wiped out Swiss watchmaking.
Both as a watch, but to me, more so for the story and where this watch sits in history. If you know about this watch, there’s not much more I can say. I spent a year saving up for it, salivating over photos and video reviews, and realized I admired it more from a distance than when I actually have it. I don’t think I’d end up wearing it enough to justify keeping. Even posted it earlier this month and got a couple offers but decided to hold off on selling it for a bit.
I bought it in early June, and let it sit in the box to see how I felt about it after a couple weeks. Hi! I’m selling this new Zenith Chronomaster Original, 38mm Tricolor on a bracelet.
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