Baselworld 2012: ZENITH El Primero Chronomaster 1969

Baselworld 2012: ZENITH El Primero Chronomaster 1969

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3. March 2012

By Boris Pjanic

ZENITH El Primero Chronomaster 1969

 

The new El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Chronograph is pure Zenith. For the first time, the original colours combine with the opening in the dial, now a signature feature, to offer a glimpse of the perfectly synchronised beating heart and the magic of the wheels in motion. Indeed, the two chronograph counters – 30-minute at 3 o’clock, 12-hour at 6 o’clock – borrow the midnight blue and anthracite grey of the 1969 model. Again with aesthetics in mind, Zenith’s master watchmakers have gone as far as to rethink the movement construction, and move the regulating organ, vibrating ten times a second, to the edge of the movement. This new automatic chrono calibre – the El Primero 4061, designed, developed and made by Zenith – completes this contemporary, classic timepiece.

Movement Automatic, El Primero 4061, 282 parts, 31 jewels, 36,000 vib/h, 50-hour power reserve, oscillating weight with “Côtes de Genève” motif Functions Hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph and tachymeter Case Stainless steel, 42 mm Domed anti-reflective sapphire crystal on both sides and transparent back Water-resistant to 100 m / 10 ATM Dial Silvered, sunburst finish and openworked Rhodium-plated, facetted hourmarkers and hands, coated with Superluminova 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock, 12-hour counter at 6 o’clock, small seconds at 9 o’clock Bracelet/Strap Black alligator with rubber lining and steel buckle or triple folding clasp

(Text and pictures courtesy of Swisstime)

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