The watch can be yours for $9,500 via the Hodinkee shop with deliveries starting for the first 75 pieces within days and for the remaining 75 pieces in August. Zenith of course has a veritable army of chronographs in their catalog, but the Chronomaster Original can be seen as something of a skeleton key to the. The power reserve is plentiful for a high-beat movement with 60 hours. Hodinkee and Zenith have teamed up for the second time to create a limited edition version of one of our favorite recent releases, the Chronomaster Original. The movement features a silicon escape wheel that actually drives the second hand directly instead of driving it from the fourth wheel like the caliber 400 before. Here we see a Zenith caliber 3600, column wheel, 36,000 vph high beat rate, and the signature feature of having a chronograph secondhand that makes one revolution around the dial every 10 seconds – 6 times per minute. No Zenith watch alert can be complete without talking about the movement. My only criticism is the “One of 300” engraving instead of a limited edition number. The bracelet is a tapered steel bracelet with polished center links. The dial is really well done with color tones that work extremely well together, the salmon works great with the grey and silver subdials. The watch is 12.6mm tall so follows the standard Chronomaster Original as introduced in 2021 but is reminiscent of the A386 from 1969. I appreciate the date at 4 as it gets out of the way of the indices and subdials in this particular watch. Which makes the date window at 4:30 disappear should you be in the camp: “date needs to be at 3 or 6”. And for all the critics out there – yes, the date wheel is in dial color. The “Zenith Chronomaster Original Limited Edition for Hodinkee” features Zenith’s latest movement, a classic case of 38mm, and an incredibly cool Salmon color dial. But they didn’t disappoint this time! Design and Watch Specificationsĭimensions: 38mm diameter, 12.7mm thickness, 46.2mm lug-to-lug, sapphire crystal, 60- hours power reserve, lug width: 19mm, Chronograph Caliber 3600, steel case and bracelet, salmon, Opaline dial, SuperLuminova, Water Resistance 50m A celebration of an innovative legacy, The Zenith Chronomaster Original Limited Edition For Hodinkee reinterprets the modern chronograph iconic in unexpected hues. Ok, except with travel/desk watches maybe. JULY 26, 2022, 4 PM CET Hodinkee and ZENITH are joining forces once again on a new iteration of the legendary ZENITH El Primero.
Having bought 2 of these collabs myself so far, I appreciate how Hodinkee usually brings something cool and different to the table. I have one Zenith in my collection, a Defy 21 El Primero for exactly one year, and love that watch! Now when Hodinkee is involved in a collab I am all ears. As founder Ben Clymer told the New York Times in 2014 “I Googled “wristwatch” in about 25 different languages and picked the goofiest.” The origin is “hodinky”, a Czech word.Zenith is on an incredible trajectory at the moment, their sales are through the roof, many of their models fetch a nice premium in the secondary market and they are firing on all cylinders. In fact, the name itself was picked as a way to take self-seriousness out of horology. Hodinkee is undoubtedly authoritative when it comes to wristwatches, but they’re able to be informative without an air of pretentiousness. That’s a nosebleed-inducing number for the average watch lover but barely qualifies as entry-level in the world of expensive watches. The limited edition Zenith El Primero Revival G381, while thin and easy-going, is best appreciated from the driver’s seat of a classic, analog Italian sports car. The Zenith Chronomaster Original Limited Edition for Hodinkee is available in a limited run of 300 pieces and goes for $9,500. For over a decade, the Rolex Daytona was powered by Zenith’s El Primero movement, before switching to its own movement. Zenith makes its movements in-house, and it makes movements for other brands, too. Zenith’s movements are one of the most legendary aspects of the brand. The transparent case back allows you to appreciate the refined movement. The El Primero came on to the scene about a century later, and was the first automatic chronograph.Īs for the movement, the watch uses Zenith’s El Primero Automatic Caliber 3600, which has been subtly refined since the early days of the El Primero to make for a watch that’s smoother and more reliable.
Though Zenith isn’t among the most well-known Swiss watchmakers among casual watch fans, it’s a widely respected brand with a long pedigree that stretches back to 1865. Buy: Zenith x Hodinkee Chronomaster $9,500.00
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