Because, if you’re a watch lover with more than a passing knowledge of popular current designs, it’s likely n the black ceramic bezel with etched scale on this model has drawn a likeness that is hard to ignore.
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. Ok, here’s a fact: The Rolex Daytona owes a debt to the Zenith El Primero.
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