The 2015 releases measured 45mm in diameter and a portly 14+mm in thickness and featured oversized hour makers and hands paired with squat, somewhat campy numerals within the sub dials. Price: CHF7,900 (leather) – CHF8,400 (steel) zenith.The Chronomaster Sport has always been among the more progressive executions of the El Primero, quick to adapt to new trends (for better or worse), and capable of netting new customers who value modernity in their timepieces. The other is a re-edition of the “Gay frères” model, crafted in metal and attached by a double folding clasp. One, a strap, is fashioned in light brown calfskin. The Chronomaster Revival A385 is accompanied by two bracelets. A small seconds at 9 o’clock and a date at 4:40 complete this data. It drives time measurement ever-so accurately, performed with the help of piston-style pushers and which can be read via the centrally-positioned direct-drive and the two totalizers set at 6 o’clock and 3 o’clock. Time data continues to be driven by the El Primero 400 caliber hosted in the 37 mm-diameter tonneau-shaped steel case. Beige Super-LumiNova®, perfectly matching the watch’s brown nuances, covers the hour and minute hands as well as the indexes. In addition to the feat of engineering this watch pulled off back in the day, it also stood out by proposing the first-ever dial in watchmaking to be decorated with a gradient effect. The shapes and details, such as the tachymetric scale which encircles the minute tracker, stand proudly present. This edition, much more than a simple reinterpretation of the 1969 watch which hosted the mythical El Primero caliber, actually reproduces the original model’s adornments, except for the sapphire crystal, in the most meticulous way. Zenith whisks us back to this inspirational period with its Chronomaster Revival A385.
Greens, browns and yellows would feature prominently on every creation, sporty and elegant alike. FANTASTIC TIME MACHINE The manufacture based in le Locle breathes new life into one of its first automatic chronographs with this timepiece which has become a benchmark through its engineering and its innovative adornments.īefore floral designs and psychedelic colors exploded in the 1970s, hues which were much more in tune with nature reigned supreme in society around the end of the previous decade.
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