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. Price: CHF9,400 (rubber strap) – CHF9,900 (steel bracelet) zenith.Ok, here’s a fact: The Rolex Daytona owes a debt to the Zenith El Primero. This newcomer is worn on a three-link steel bracelet or on a black or blue Cordura-effect rubber strap. The baton-shaped running hour and minute hands, ticking over the applique indexes, are rhodium-plated and luminescent whilst the chronograph direct-drive boasts a red tip and a star-shaped counterpoise. Light gray for the small seconds at 9 o’clock, blue for the 60-second totalizer at 3 o’clock and dark gray for the 60-minute one at 6 o’clock. Zenith’s can’t-do-without signature features on the dial which is proposed in matt white or lacquered black: i.e. It nestles in a 41 mm-diameter steel case, waterproof to depths of 100 metres, topped by a graduated black ceramic bezel. The 3600 movement beats at a frequency of 5 Hz and delivers a power reserve of 60 hours. This time round, for the Chronomaster Sport, the legendary El Primero caliber was optimized, updated to boost its performances. Basically, this dynamic chronograph, which displays the 10 th of a second, embraces 50 years of mechanical expertise as it epitomizes the six models created between 19 which came from the manufacture’s heritage. This is now showcased in its much-awaited Chronograph Sport. PERFORMANCE EXEMPLIFIED The brand from Le Locle, whose quest has been chronometric performance since the word ‘ go ’, pursues its historic endurance by revealing a new chronograph displaying the10 th of a second.įor Zenith, chronometric precision is literally an art-de-vivre, a philosophy to which the Le Locle brand forever remains true, for which it has done its utmost since it was created in 1865.

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