Still, it isn’t very often that a modern piece (even one with vintage inspiration) completely takes my breath away– but that is exactly what happened last month when the new El Primero 410 Triple Calendar was presented to me at the Zenith hospitality suite in Geneva. As a die-hard vintage watch fan, I am particularly fond of these lines, and there are a number of beautiful pieces to love from the Captain, Heritage, and Pilot’s collections. Best known for their 1969 El Primero (one of the world’s first automatic chronographs), Zenith has been getting a lot of attention in recent years for their exceptional high-beat chronograph collection as well as their partnership with daredevil high altitude skydiver Felix Baumgartner, who recently set the record for the highest skydive ever performed.Īs a manufacture, Zenith does a fantastic job of balancing a fresh modern collection with selection of historically inspired timepieces, for which they have also received accolades. One of the brands we met with was Zenith, the storied manufacture from Le Locle. 03.2091.410/01.After the close of SIHH 2014 last month, Team ABTW stayed on in Switzerland to meet with a few other local brands exhibiting their new collections. It comes on a brown alligator leather strap with protective rubber lining and a stainless steel buckle with triple folding clasp. And as we mentioned above, it beats a 5Hz.įunctions includes: central hours and minutes, small seconds, day/date/month, moonphase indication and chronograph with telemetric scale (12-hour counter at 6, 30-minute counter at 3, and central chrono seconds hand). The oscillating weight has a “Côtes de Genève” and is visible through a clear case back.El Primero caliber 410 has a 50-hour power reserve, with 390 components, 31 of which are jewels. The hands are faceted and rhodium plated with SuperLuminova SLN C1 treatment, as well. The hour markers are faceted and rhodium plated with a SuperLuminova SLN C1 treatment. (While the silver-toned dial is all new, the watch was already released in slate grey dial (pictured below) earlier this year. The new EL Primero 410 has a beautiful new silver-toned sunray finished dial, with snailed finished contrasting subsidiary dials. It comes with box-shaped crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides. The case is steel with a mixture or brushed and mirror polished surfaces. The case dimensions are the same as the current 42 mm Zenith El Primero’s except, this is slightly thinner at 12.75 mm. This is the new El Primero 410 which combines Zenith’s famous 5Hz chronograph movement, with triple calendar and moon phase complications and a new silver-toned dial. Introducing the new Zenith EL Primero 410
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