![]() ![]() ![]() The tachymeter scale measures speed based on time travelled over a fixed distance, i.e. The dial carries a outer tachymeter scale and a black seconds scale divided into fifths of a second. The subsidiary dial at 3 counts elapsed minutes, up to 30, while the chronograph function is running and the subsidiary dial at 9 counts seconds irrespective of if the chronograph is running. The watch also carries the Moonphase in the lower half of the dial. The window to the left hand side by 10, indicates the day of the week and the window to the right hand side by 2, indicates the month of the year. The dial carries the classic triple date design, to which many watch houses adhere. In actual fact, it successfully conveys all this information very simply, once you become familiar with the layout. It may initially look quite complicated, but this is because it conveys a lot of information. It is beautifully symmetrical, well balanced and proportioned. The original silver-white guilloche dial contrasts wonderfully with the 18ct pink gold case and original pink gilt ‘dauphine’ hands and matching 1 – 12 Roman Numerals. Seven Functions:- 1) Chronograph accurate to 0.10 sec, 2) Day, 3) Date, 4) Month, 5) Quickset, 6) Moonphase, 7) Self-Winding Automatic movement. ![]() Given that many more expensive brands offering inferior chronograph movements charge far more for their hand wound chronographs with calendar and moonphase functions, this Zenith El-Primaro automatic in 18ct Pink Gold offers truly excellent great value for money. This is also a true ‘time capsule’ piece, by which we mean it has seen little to no real use and has been kept in mint condition. This is historic piece and one of the most fabulous calendar chronographs ever produced. This fabulous timepiece is one of the rarer 18ct Pink Gold cased examples. In 1991, Zenith introduced its first Triple Calendar, Moonphase, Chronograph by adding these functions to its self-winding El Primero Chronograph movement. Many see this as one of the best chronograph movements ever produced, as it can accurately measure time to 1/10th of a second and even today very few chronographs are capable of achieving this. It then continued to do this right up and until the year 2000 when Rolex finally began to make its own chronograph movements for the Daytona for the first time. This movement was a tour de force and so advanced that 20 years later in 1988, when Rolex required a more advanced movement to install in its Daytona Chronograph, it chose to fit the Zenith El Primero movement. Put simply, in 1969 Zenith produced the world’s first automatic chronograph, the El Primero. Zenith has also been recognised with more than 1500 awards and has over 50 individual movement designs to its name, making it the Swiss brand with the most awards for precision. Just a brief look inside the case-back of any chronograph is enough to demonstrate how complicated these watches are – making them very expensive to design and produce. The technical expertise and craftsmanship which went into these was watches immense. Notably, in 1929, Zenith won world renown at Kew Observatory (England), when a Zenith wristwatch won first prize for accuracy of better than 0.6 seconds per day.ĭuring the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, Zenith held the lead in producing many of the most commercially successful and most advanced chronograph wristwatches. The company has an almost unparalleled record of technical achievements. ![]() 1865 and one of only a handful which still produces all its own mechanical movements today. Zenith is one of the oldest watch companies, est. ![]()
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