Head to the company’s website to learn more. Each El Primero 400-powered model will come pleasantly packaged in a box that mimics the blueprints of the Zenith manufacture and will be accompanied by a comic illustrating the history of one of the brand’s first watchmakers, Charles Vermot. That’s right, the “inspired” dial of the revived A386 that you see here isn’t quite the vintage original that we all would have liked, but for $8,700 and up, we’re willing to make an exception especially since the only other A386 reissue from Zenith was priced at a not-so-modest $20,000. Zenith El Primero Chronomaster Listing: 8,000 Zenith El Primero Chronomaster Revival A386 Manufacture Edition, Reference number 03.Z386.400/60. Calling upon the brand’s 50+-year-old all-blue, tri-color gradient dial, and commercially-unavailable A386 case reissue, buyers will be able to acquire one of the watch world’s most sought-after models, albeit, with stainless-steel case material. While it might not be an innovative iteration of the company’s future timepieces, they’ve enamored the watch world once again with the announcement of their Chronomaster Revival Manufacture Edition - a vintage accessory that utilizes a “lost” prototype dial that was originally meant for the brand’s 1969 A386.Īfter diving deeper into its trove of age-old pieces, parts, and movements in Le Locle, Zenith has picked out one very specific component to helm its newest project. Beating at 36'000 VpH (5 Hz) and delivering a power reserve of minimum 50 hours, the El Primero is as exceptional among chronograph calibres today as it was when first launched over 50 years ago.Following the anticipated release of its El Primero Chronomaster “Shadow,” Zenith has had their work cut out for them in terms of their next big reveal. powered by the El Primero automatic high-frequency chronograph calibre. Just like the original A386 from 1969, the Chronomaster Manufacture Edition is equipped with the venerable El Primero calibre, the world's first automatic high-frequency chronograph movement. The CHRONOMASTER Revival Manufacture Edition is based on the A386, using the same 38mm round steel case but paired with a inspired by vintage prototype that was never released and recently discovered in the attic of the Manufacture. Within it were a number of dials, including a previously unknown iteration of the A386's iconic tri-color dial, using three different shades of blue. During the 50th anniversary of the El primero, a small box was found in the secret attic where Charles Vermot had hid the tools and plans needed to produce the El Primero calibre. The Chronomaster Manufacture Edition is inspired by a prototype dial for the A386 from 1969, which was never produced - until now. Housed in a steel case that mimics the proportions and finishes of the A386 from 1969, the signature tri-color dial is inspired by a previously unknown prototype with three shades of blue for the chronograph counters. “CHRONOMASTER Revival A386 Manufacture Editionĭial inspired by vintage prototypes never released and found in the Attic of the Manufacture Exclusive Manufacture Edition Original 1969 case with 38 mm diameter Automatic El Primero column-wheel chronographįor its first Manufacture Edition, exclusively available on our online store and to those who visit the Manufacture in Le Locle, Zenith is revisiting a secret part of the El Primero story and the first watches that were equipped with it. Listed below is the information provided by Zenith. The raised box like crystal is also a nod to the one used in the.
The same case dimensions are adopted, a rather svelte one for 2021, at only 38mm in diameter.
So it is with interest we see now that the new Chronomaster Original follows the same aesthetics as the A386 and the OG El Primero of 1969.
We at Watch Noble are excited about the release and believe it will sell well. The Revival A386 shown here in yellow gold. Zenith keeps digging through the infamous attic at their headquarters finding new/old treasures. This has to be one of the most soothing to the eye color combo dials I have seen for a while. Zenith releases the new shades of blue dial for the reference A386 model that was only in precious metals before now available in stainless steel.
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