Zenith just dropped a timely (pun intended) reminder that you can, in fact, teach an old dog new tricks. The Zenith El Primero A386 was among the original three references of the model released in ...

Today, it retails for over $20,000. The new trio of Zenith El Primero throwbacks know the worth of their weight in gold—they retail for 19,900 CHF (approximately $19,900 at current exchange).

The 38 mm case is tiny by today's standards, but it's perfect for 1969. In fact, Hodinkee claims this is the exact same case used in El Primero reference A386, the first chronograph to carry the ...

The Zenith “Master of Chronographs” exhibit tells the intriguing tale of the emblematic El Primero, which nearly became extinct during the quartz crisis. The impressively conceived pop-up ...

Tonight in New York City, Zenith Watch Company celebrated the 50 th anniversary of the famed El Primero chronograph caliber, and globally launched the El Primero Revival A384 watch. The new ...

How It Works: The El Primero Calibre 4035 automatic chronograph tourbillon movement is descended from the 1969 El Primero, arguably the watch industry’s most revered movement. Souped up to ...

June 13, 2019 Zenith Just Dropped a New 50th Anniversary Retro El Primero Model If you couldn't get your hands on the 150 A386 models introduced earlier this year, you'll want to jump on the new A384.

No matter how you frame the discussion, the debate over who created the first automatic chronograph is a heated one. One path to clearing confusion is to say that Zenith produced the very first ...

Zenith aficionados may also pick up a few influences from the ’60s-era ref. A277 pre-El Primero chronograph and the Stratos Striking Tenth from 2011, made famous when Felix Baumgartner wore one ...

Zenith created this El Primero chronograph for the Spindrift yacht racing team, which it began sponsoring earlier this year. Even if "multihull" and "trimaran" are not in your vocabulary (don't ...

Conceived in 1962, the El Primero was a hugely ambitious project. Zenith wanted its escapement to beat at 36,000vph, making it more precise than standard movements, which beat at 28,800vph, but ...