I find that the need for simplicity is greatest in chronographs, and other watches with intrinsically busy dials. That meant removing almost everything that was superfluous. For this watch we wanted to use a dial that was extremely understated and clean, yet never boring. Almost everything that defines a model as a unique, distinctive piece can be found there. The aesthetic heart of any watch is its dial. Let’s take a close look at the Timeless Chronomaster Heritage Chronometer and learn more about both its predecessor and the limited edition. Instead, it takes a leap forward, and not only in terms of the movement as we’ve made subtle updates throughout the watch. It’s closely inspired by that A273, of course, but it is not a reissue or a new version. The watch we’re looking at today does have an El Primero, but it’s not the A273. It’s the new Timeless Chronomaster Heritage Chronometer limited edition. There it remained, largely unnoticed even among Zenith collectors, awaiting the time it too would receive the El Primero. Unlike the El Primero, the A273 was powered by a beautiful, yet far less revolutionary, hand wound movement. Because of this coexistence, it was doomed to be overshadowed by its more prolific brother, which continues to be available today. Yet the A273 itself had committed an offense: it was offered during the same basic time frame as the legendary tri-color El Primero. Zenith, to their credit, almost had an answer to my question already: the criminally overlooked A273, a classic chronograph that had a measure of civility to it. And thus, my two favorite watch brands were chosen: a restrained and sophisticated dress watch and a wild, avant-garde sports watch. Zenith might be a Swiss brand, but it always seems to have an American-grade boldness to it, a panache matched by none, at least none with Zenith’s horological pedigree. Where Grand Seiko possessed a certain austerity to it, a degree of refinement I found in few, if any other places, Zenith was quite the opposite. In my mind, they offered two intriguing sides to the same high-frequency coin. More specifically, it was and remains in my top two favorite brands of all-time, the other being Grand Seiko. From a fairly young age, not long after high school, the brand occupied an elite status in my mind. You can pick one of the fifty watches for $19,200.Zenith has always held a special place for me. The specs of the watch include a striking red seconds hand that cuts across the gold, black and white theme. The new watch has a power reserve of 50 hours and you can admire the movement via the sapphire display caseback. Under the hood of the new watch is a Zenith caliber 400 El PrimeroĬhronograph movement, which is a modern take on the movement that powered the The crown and chronograph pushers are very much aligned with the modern designĬues. Like I mentioned earlier, there are subtleĬhanges made to the new version, and they seem like a logical upgrade. It hosts a 38mm wide case that houses a lacquer dial along with The Limited Edition Zenith El Primero Revival G381 features 18k yellow gold and stays true to the original designĬues. Of the original G381 were made, so the fifty pieces we see with Hodinkee are super special and will highly desirable amongst We saw with the golden era of sporty vintage chronographs. This new automatic high-speed chronograph, relives the magic that That was unique from the steel-cased the A386. Sported a black-on-white panda dial and gave us the El Primero technology in dimension The yellow gold G381 is considered to be rarer that the than the steel A386. Worth their salt, were racing to debut their automatic chronograph to the world. It was a time when almost all creditable brands Wait – I turn fifty in four years, will that qualify for a free El Primero? Bad joke – but you get the drift. This year is the ‘Fifty Years’ of the El Primero and since there are only fifty pieces of this exclusive watch up for grabs worldwide, it only makes sense to include a fifty-year warranty to the mix. The minutes hands that have an impactful change. Indices have got some fine-tuning to them, but in my eyes it’s the hours and Primero Revival G381 is modern and a tad wider. Is much thinner and barely a ring surrounding the dial, while the new Zenith El Very noticeable is the bezel – the original When you look at the side-by-side comparison between the original and the new dials, you can see what a smart improvisation Zenith has accomplished. In my opinion, Zenith has achieved it very well with this new timepiece as well. More in the lines of preserving a legacy. The purpose was to get the redesign without losing the essence of the original.
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