In fact, it will take you exactly a 1/10th of a second to realize what that long red-tipped center sweep hand is now timing tenths of seconds rather than seconds. No Ordinary ChronographĪttempt to time anything on this watch and it will become immediately apparent that this is no chronograph in the 1969 model’s image. Is there a more iconic chronograph dial? The Rolex Daytona and the Omega Speedmaster would argue against that I suppose but I don’t think so… and talking of the Daytona, the new El Primero bears more than a passing resemblance to it with that black ceramic bezel. With the Sport, Zenith have re-used the classic blue, anthracite and light grey overlapping subdials of that original 1969 a386 El Primero chronograph. There have been many intermediate Zenith models in that time, however this latest Chronomaster Sport model is comfortingly familiar. It’s a long time since the El Primero debuted as the world’s first automatic chronograph back in early 1969.

Movement: Zenith 3600 1/10th second chronograph.

True or false: There are less El Primero movements in existence than there are Rolex watches from just one year.Hands-On Zenith Chronomaster Sport (1/10th Second Chronograph).

Zenith’s previous CEO, and Romain’s ex boss, Jean-Frederique DuFour who now heads Rolex “has definitely seen it” – what was his response?.

Romain’s personal choice of Chronomaster Sport might surprise you.Chronomaster Sport watches will make up 30% of Zenith’s total production, with quantities of black and white dial already adjusting for popularity – watch the video to learn what the total now tallies up to.Romain’s proudest design detail is so subtle that I completely missed it.“We knew it would be big, but not this big.” This, however, was not an unexpected comment, so it doesn’t make the cut for our list! Watch this video and learn the following:

He shared that he was not just surprised, but “shocked” by this new collection’s immediate and profound success. This story came off the back of a recent chat with Zenith’s Head of Product, Romain Marietta – who recently jumped into a Zoom for a group of locked down Australian Time+Tide Club members.

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