![]() Performance and precision aren’t the only two areas where Zenith chronographs have made their mark. “Master of Chronographs” is for Zenith the testimony of the Manufacture’s illustrious past and countless successes, which have contributed to the evolution of mechanical chronographs for over 50 years. Today, staying loyal to their core values, Zenith presents the new Chronomaster Open, characterized by a tricolor dial that innovatively reveals the high-frequency beating heart. ![]() Zenith has been able to shape the future of Swiss watchmaking since 1865 and has done so again today, March 30, 2022, presenting, in the frame of the Watches & Wonders event, the “Master of Chronographs” exhibition, revealing its milestones and telling us about the path to establish himself as a pioneer of automatic chronographs. Since its foundation in 1865, the Starry house has established itself as the first Manufacture in the modern sense of the term and its watches have always accompanied extraordinary figures with great dreams that aimed at the impossible.Īlways driven by innovation, it stands out for the exceptional in-house movements that power all its watches and since the creation of El Primero in 1969, the first automatic chronograph caliber ever created, Zenith wants to dominate every single fraction of time up to an extraordinary reading precision of 1/100 of a second. ![]() Roland explains, “It has the major advantage of extending the service interval, but at the same time it brings a nice aesthetic feature to the watch where you can see the violet color of the these parts that are made of silicon instead of traditional metal.We already know, Zenith was born to inspire each individual to follow their dreams and make them come true, even against all odds. Most notably, the current Chronomaster Power Reserve models use a silicon escape wheel and pallet fork. While the opening may be the same, due to advancements in watchmaking technology, the quality of the visible components have been enhanced. Accordingly, it’s no surprise that it’s the shape they retained for the current collection. While Zenith came out with other open models in the early and mid 2000s that featured various shaped windows, only the Chronomaster Open allowed a complete view of the balance and escapement wheel. While most of the aesthetic lines from this time period have been culled from the current collection, the skeletal opening used on what was then called the “Chronomaster Open” watch is almost identical to that of the current El Primero Chronomaster Power Reserve. The Power Reserve Indicator and lumed tri-spoke second hand of the new Zenith El Primero Chronomaster Power Reserve Charles Vermot The Chronomaster Power Reserve Charles Vermot retails for $9,800 and is limited to 1975 units: 1975 is also the year that Mr. To his delight, the parts and tools were discovered by new ownership and were instrumental in the continuation of Zenith’s mechanical chronographs. Vermot had hoped, the manufacture of automatic chronographs once again became a priority at Zenith. ![]() Instead of carrying out this task, he secretly hid away the presses, technical plans, and equipment used in the creation of El Primero. The watch’s namesake, Charles Vermot, was a foreman at Zenith’s factory, and was charged with the task of disassembling Zenith’s El Primero production assembly and selling it off for parts. In the mid 70s, Zenith was sold to American owners who decided to discontinue the manufacture of mechanical chronographs altogether. While Zenith had come out with the first El Primero in 1969 and designed a series of attractive chronographs in the early 1970s, the company struggled financially. The first era that the watch evokes is that of the mechanical watch industry’s struggles during the mid 70s. The skeletal opening on the Chronomaster Power Reserve Charles Vermot Limited Edition is very similar to the shape of the models from the early 2000s, though the watch features modern elements like a silicon pallet fork and escapement wheel.
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