Key points: Automatic El Primero column-wheel chronograph able to measure and display 1/10th of a second. Chronomaster Original is available in two other versions: A steel case with a reverse panda black dial with silver chronograph registers, and an 18k rose gold version with the tri-colour dial. This was the first automatic chronograph movement to use a high frequency of 5 Hz. Scratches can arise, but they are more likely to be deposits from the material that the case scratched against than a disappearance of the coating, so they can be buffed out at service, through sandblasting that will give a brand new finishing to the case. Chronomaster Original Reference: 03.3200.3600/69.M3200 Chronomaster Original Reference: 03.3200.3600/69.M3200. Zenith is relaunching its legendary A386 as the Chronomaster Original, giving it a permanent place in the collection.The original Zenith A386 was one of the first stainless-steel watches to be equipped with the El Primero calibre. So the vickers hardness of this material is lower than ceramic but it does not shatter on impact. Lightness is a pretty obvious characteristic, but another one I learned about was related to shocks and scratches, clearly something you never look forward to but which inevitably happens.
Previously we'd only seen this in the El Primero Range-Rover Limited Edition, but now its going main line.Īnd, because you know my curiosity, I grilled the product development team on the advantages and drawbacks of such a case. Basically you can understand it as a fine ceramic coating over an aluminum base.
(Assuming a reverse panda color scheme still works for you. Yet, the most modern feature is clearly the case material, a black ceramicised aluminum. I usually am too, but have you tried on the Zenith A384 and Zenith Chronomaster Original Reverse Panda in person I was expecting to like the A384 a lot more but the Original Reverse Panda was the clear winner in person at least for myself. The two new Zenith El Primero 36,000 vph (36,000 vibrations per hour being the beat rate of the caliber), are both the middle 42mm size.
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