Worn by devotees of Fine Watchmaking in general as well as by exceptional athletes and by stars such as the Rolling Stones, the El Primero Chronomaster choose Las Vegas as the venue to unveil its latest interpretations. Alongside the generous palette of new dial colors and a reaffirmed concern for elegance, the famous opening revealing its mechanical treasure is the must-have feature for any discerning collector.
This design has been embedded in the Zenith DNA since 1969, when the Manufacture overlooking Le Locle (a watchmaking city in the Neuchâtel mountains) presented the legendary El Primero caliber, the world’s most accurate series-made chronograph movement. The epitome of performance and reliability, the El Primero Chronomaster asserts itself as a sports chronograph beating at the impressive rate of 36,000 vibrations per hour and displaying tenth-of-a-second precision.
El Primero Chronomaster
Case: brushed steel, domed sapphire crystal glareproofed on both sides, sapphire back, water-resistant to 100m¨
Diameter. 42mm
Movement: mechanical self-winding (El Primero Caliber 4061, 50h power reserve), 282 components, column-wheel chronograph, 36,000 vph, silicon lever and escape-wheel, Côtes de Genève motif adorning the rotor, COSC certification
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds at 9 o’clock, three-counter chronograph, tachymetric scale
Dial: blue-toned sunray patterned, rhodiumed, faceted and Superluminova-coated hands and hour-markers
Strap: blue alligator leather with rubber lining, steel triple folding clasp.
"The cult “king of chronographs” El Primero caliber opts for a blend of strength and elegance"
Now equipped with a silicon lever and escape-wheel, it guarantees its wearer COSC certification, synonymous with ever appreciable reliability. Visible through the back of the brushed steel case, the oscillating weight of the self-winding movement adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif stages a perpetually moving show. It can also be admired in action through the 10 o’clock opening on the skilfully structured sunburst dial, featuring a timeless yet modernized design that now comes in three elegant and eminently seductive versions: blue with two snailed tone-on-tone counters; anthracite with two-tone blue and silver-toned counters; and blue with anthracite and silver-toned counters.
Individuals with refined tastes can also adopt these colors on the new El Primero 36’000 VpH models, as well as the new Elite range, of which the more classically understated aura and slender refinement are much appreciated by Zenith aficionados.
El Primero Chronomaster
Case: brushed steel, domed sapphire crystal glareproofed on both sides, sapphire back, water-resistant to 100m¨
Diameter. 42mm
Movement: mechanical self-winding (El Primero Caliber 4061, 50h power reserve), 282 components, column-wheel chronograph, 36,000 vph, silicon lever and escape-wheel, Côtes de Genève motif adorning the rotor, COSC certification
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds at 9 o’clock, three-counter chronograph, tachymetric scale
Dial: anthracite sunburst with counters in two colors, rhodiumed, faceted and Superluminova-coated hands and hour-markers
Strap: black alligator leather with rubber lining, steel triple folding clasp.
