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Zenith are making the most of their 150th anniversary, and the Zenith watches Replica El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tour Auto Edition is the latest celebratory piece to be revealed by the brand. Although the marketing material focuses on Zenith’s entire history, the truth is that the Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tour Auto Edition pays homage to a development made 46 years ago when Zenith released the world’s first integrated chronograph calibre.

The El Primero has gone on to reach a level of reverence modern movements will hope to emulate or exceed. It is, in my mind, the definitive luxury workhorse. Many watch aficionados will be familiar with (maybe even tired of), ETA’s family of ‘tractor’ movements, such as the 2824 base calibre or the 7750 chronograph. These are movements that function superbly well, but sometimes lack a little bit of an edge in terms of appearance. No one can fault their longevity or performance, but the Zenith watches for sale on ebay Replica El Primero matches up well in both categories while blasting the back doors of its rivals in the style stakes.

Considering the money Zenith charge for an El Primero in one of their standard chronograph models, you’re getting a really handsome calibre for your buck. With my faith in the performance and enduring aesthetic of Zenith’s most famous calibre unwavering, my first concern is always how they choose to house the movement. It is the case, dial, and message that will, in my opinion, determine the success of each watch to feature the reliable El Primero. And, in this case, how expensive the skin makes the bones…

So let’s start with the message that Zenith were trying to deliver with the Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tour Auto Edition. Last year, Zenith became the official timekeeper for five of the official motor car races organized by Peter Auto (a company, not an aptly named individual). Through their association with these prestigious races, Zenith hopes to reaffirm their three core values – authenticity, daring, and pleasure. Supposedly, this has been achieved by referencing the grit, glamour, and gut-churning speed associated with motor sports in the watch’s aesthetic. Sometimes, when brands try and attach such emotive characteristics to a watch, it works brilliantly; sometimes, it feels a bit forced. In my opinion, the Tag Heuer Monaco is a great example of the former (for a classic example, check out this article, and for an avant-garde update of the watch, have a look at this recent release).

It gets its pedigree not from snazzy design cues or hidden visual messages, rather from being there, on the wrist of icons. In the case of the Zenith watches for ladies Replica El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tour Auto Edition, I would say the opposite. The idea that those three values would leap out of the dial without any prior knowledge of Zenith’s mission statement is pretty crazy. I find the explanation for the stylistic decisions made interesting and a valuable conversation piece, but that doesn’t mean I think it works in the metal.

When watches try and point your interpretation of them in a certain direction, it often feels a little conscious. There is nothing patently obvious about the Tag Heuer Monaco to suggest its motor racing heritage (it isn’t even round!). When a watch lacks the kind of authenticity Zenith claim to have installed in the Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tour Auto Edition, it has to be synthesized. And it is fair to say, however successful or otherwise you think they might have been, that Zenith have had a damn good go.

In terms of visual links to speed and daring, Zenith watches brand ambassador Replica have decorated the right hand side of the silvered, open-heart dial, with a tricolor racing stripe in blue, white, and red. The stripe is continued onto the strap, where a ribbon of color takes over from the printed lines on the dial. I like racing stripes on cars. They are a simple way to decorate what would otherwise be a large, block-colored space. On a watch face, you don’t have so much room to play with. These three stripes, although adding a splash of patriotic color to the display, really clutter what is an already busy dial.

When is it a good idea to go “all metal” and invest in a truly classic timepiece? I would say when you are looking for hand-finished decoration and other aesthetic elements which define a particularly classic look. If you want something more contemporary, then you go with something like the Defy Lab, or many of the timepieces that Jean-Claude Biver has helped usher in at the various LVMH brands including Hublot, TAG Heuer, and Zenith.Current Zenith watches facebook Replica CEO Julien Tornare will have his hands full trying to juggle a brand that is both the maker of classic legends such as the El Primero, and emerging novelties which build on older technology such as the Defy El Primero 21 and the Defy Lab. These watches present traditional watch lovers with a tantalizing view of what can be available if you just let in what is new out there. Nevertheless, there will always be purists who want their watches as “old style” as can be. For everyone else, there are products like the Defy Lab. Personally, I see no reason why a well-rounded watch collection can’t have examples from both sides.Much of the caliber ZO 342 is silicon, including the large monolithic regulation component. This large silicon part is a regulation system that is called the “Zenith Oscillator,” which is buzzing with cheerful enthusiasm behind the entirety of the main dial. It’s a thrilling and visceral view, unlike pretty much anything in the watch industry today.

The color scheme is consistent, at least: the open-heart dial reveals the balance wheel and the dial-side end stone, which offers a dot of red to proceedings, and the blued screws that hold the balance display frame also tie in quite nicely. The hour and minute hands are silver with blue stripes towards the centre before lume takes over. The seconds hand is scarlet and features a skeletonized star as a counterpoise. It’s so in-your-face it kind of makes me smile. I actually like the way Zenith watches automatic Replica can get away with the star there because it is their default logo, but I doubt any of their designers were unaware of what it would look like (although the red/white/blue colour scheme is a nod to the French flag, the Zenith logo makes it look far more American). If you want to find an example of daring on this watch, maybe the thought that they’d get away with it should top the list.

I believe the aesthetics of this watch are striking, to say the least. Personally, I prefer the El Primero in a more rarefied setting, but it is not an inappropriate choice of engine for this ceremonial hot-rod of a watch. It, more than anything to do with the aesthetic, symbolizes authenticity and daring. Its creation was a seven-year labour of love that changed the chronograph game. Dressing it up in this Evel Knieval suit may be a bit crass, but its a self-assured enough calibre to take it in its stride. And to be honest, there are a few things I really like about this watch. I am a fan of the classic Zenith case shape, measuring 42mm across and 14.05mm tall.

The brushed, rhodium plated dial background is subtle and a great base on which to build a design. The guiding star logo features prominently on a nicely fluted crown. There is a tachymeter, which is an authentic link to speed and genuinely useful for someone who watches a lot of motor sport live. Even the dial layout is interesting: in addition to the chronograph sub-dials (hours at 6 o’clock, minutes at 3), there is a subtly placed running seconds hand at 9 o’clock. It may not be immediately noticeable because of the way it overlays the open heart feature, but it is there and adds to the movement of the dial, increasing, as I’m sure Zenith would like you to notice, the appearance of speed.

Its impossible to mention this watch’s links to speed without pointing out that the escapement is crafted from silicon and operates at a dizzying 36,000vph, or 5hz if you prefer. That’s fast. It’s a feature that helps improve accuracy and, thanks to the self-lubricating properties of silicon, does so without putting a huge strain on the power reserve, which sits at an impressive minimum of 50 hours. The movement, featuring a classic column wheel, is visible through a glass case back, which has been boldly decorated with Tour Auto logo, which reminded me of something you might see on a Tissot (you can see a more up-to-date example of this watch here) . Functionally, this watch is hard to fault. Stylistically, the Zenith watches new jersey Replica El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tour Auto Edition is sure to divide. Love it or hate it, there is plenty to get your teeth into.

With a price tag of $11,900, this Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Tour Auto Edition is not the cheapest way to get an El Primero on to your wrist. It stands to reason that a lot of these watches released this year under the 150th anniversary banner will have some residual value to brand-specific collectors, but if you’re looking for an investment piece, maybe something a little more classically styled would provide a better return. If, however, you love cars and the American flag, this could be the perfect watch for you. But if you want one, you might need to summon your inner speed demon, as Zenith have announced that only 500 will be made. zenith-watches.com

Not all chronographs are created equal – and if there ever was one to rightfully claim to be superior to at least most of the others, then that’s the El Primero caliber. The Zenith El Primero Original 1969 watch, contrary to its name, is a relatively new piece from Zenith, albeit one that promises to remain authentic to an original design with which Zenith debuted its remarkable chronograph movement family.

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If you are the type of watch lover keen on owning a piece of haute horlogerie, but for whatever reason do not wish to, or simply cannot go for a minute repeater or a tourbillon, your best option is probably to just get a chronograph. For its sheer complexity, even to this day, the chronograph remains one of the most challenging-to-make complications – yes, even more complex than a perpetual calendar or a tourbillon, as echoed by numerous master watch makers I discussed this topic with. The history behind the Zenith watches uk Replica El Primero further proves this point.

It was during the 1960s that four major brands (along with some others) got into cut-neck competition over creating the first automatic chronograph wristwatch. Heuer and Breitling collaborated (with the help of Hamilton, Buren, and Dubois-Depraz), while Seiko and Zenith were pretty much on their own. Who actually was first remains the topic of heated – and I’m sorry, but rather pointless – debate to this day. You get a different answer when you consider who was the first to debut the movement, the first to produce working prototypes, or the first to bring it to the market.

The “Original, Original” Zenith El Primero A386 from 1969.

The actual point is that all involved parties had to overcome tremendous challenges to create what they say was the first chronograph wristwatch that featured automatic winding… and all three succeeded, in one way or another, by early 1969. Some 46 years later, the question perhaps should be more about what this remarkable competition has given us today, rather than whose marketing department has the most to work with. In their own right, the Caliber 11 from Heuer, the 6139 from Seiko, and the El Primero by Zenith were, and are, awe-inspiring little machines.

While all three calibers were unique in their own right, the El Primero offered something that even to this day sets it apart from the absolute majority of other movements (chronograph or otherwise): its 5 Hertz operating frequency.

Before we go into the numerous details of the Zenith watches tokyo Replica El Primero Original 1969, let us bang on about the movement for just a bit longer. Called the El Primero 400, this particular version closely resembles the original one debuted in 1969. Composed of 278 components, this column-wheel chronograph offers the hours, minutes, and chronograph seconds through hands mounted in the center of the dial, running seconds at 9, 30-minute and 12-hour chronograph counters at 3 and 6 o’clock, respectively, and the date at 04:30 on the dial.

The El Primero 400 runs at 36,000 vibrations per hour (but of course!), and still offers a “minimum 50 hours” of power reserve. So what difference does this extra “speed” of 5 Hertz make? Technically, the higher the frequency, the better the chronometric performance over an extended period of time. A higher beat-rate, with the balance wheel making 10 semi-oscillations (5 left and 5 right turns) per second gives it greater stability and resistance against shocks, positional errors, and other factors that negatively affect the timekeeping performance.

Furthermore, because the balance wheel ticks 10 times – as opposed to the much more common 8, or sometimes only 6 or 5 times, encountered in most other watches – the seconds hands advance in a visually smoother way, with an almost perfectly fluid, sweeping motion. Incidentally, 5 Hertz may just be the perfect frequency, as the motion of the seconds hands is remarkably smooth – but not so much to imply an electrical movement underneath, as the small jumps are still visually present.

The discussion about mechanical wristwatch accuracy can be long and is way outside the scope of us introducing the Zenith Defy Lab. Suffice it to say that Zenith’s claimed accuracy of 0.3 seconds per day for the caliber ZO 342 movement in this first model is going to cause a lot of people to do a double take because of how impressive it is (for a mechanical watch). Note that for production models down the road (when there is less opportunity to spend so much time choosing the right parts), accuracy will be guaranteed to +/- 0.5 seconds a day… with no loss in rate results as the torque of the mainspring winds down. In other words, the rate results are a flat horizontal line, which is something that silicon technology has made much more readily available in mechanical time measuring tools.

Over the years, Zenith watches models Replica has modified the El Primero in countless ways, adding complex calendars and even gimbal-suspended escapements (hands-on here) to it. And yet, as briefly discussed above, the complexity of this “base” movement is already truly remarkable. Luckily, the Zenith El Primero Original 1969 comes with a sapphire crystal case-back, exposing the strikingly beautiful and indeed very technical-looking movement inside. The large, skeletonized automatic rotor runs on seven ball bearings, and sports a skeletonized Zenith star logo in its center, along with wide Geneva striping and some bold “Zenith El Primero Manufacture Le Locle” scripts engraved.

Once you look behind the rotor, machine-finished parts of very high quality are revealed. While the El Primero looks very impressive at first, one has to bear in mind that it was designed to be a tool, a device, a workhorse movement – and upon closer inspection, that shows. Comparing this Zenith El Primero to some other movements is like comparing a 4.0 liter flat six from a 911 to a roaring V12 from a Lamborghini: one was designed to work tirelessly, rain or shine, while the other is rather more delicate, finicky, and impresses in a more exotic way.

The El Primero 400 is not shy about displaying rather plain looking surfaces: the large and imminently visible area behind the two chronograph runner gears, as well as the surface behind and around the balance wheel both stayed plain, with rough edges also on show. Blued screws, brushed cams, and that massive rotor are at play to direct your sight away from the other areas – but the equation adds up more to the El Primero being true to itself than it grandstanding as an exercise in fine watchmaking.