Blue Ribbon: The Zenith Chronomaster Authentic

After making a large splash earlier this yr throughout the Chronomaster Sport, Defy Skyline Chronograph and Pilot Massive Date Chronograph in addition to the brand new GFJ collection to mark Zenith’s one hundred and sixtieth anniversary, the model’s signature color has popped up on the Zenith Chronomaster Authentic, now obtainable in a midnight-blue dial for the tricolour counters format, fitted with both a blue calfskin leather-based strap or a three-link metal bracelet.

A sunray-brushed blue dial accompanies the emblematic composition of overlapping counters in gray, darkish gray and blue, which comes from the primary Zenith El Primero Reference A386 from 1969. Launched in 2021, the Chronomaster Authentic preserves the aesthetics of the A386 and replicates key options of that legendary chronograph: a 38mm stainless-steel case, a bezel-less design, pump-style pushers, a sloped profile, faceted lugs, utilized baton-style markers and palms, and radial-brushed and polished surfaces. The tachymeter ring, nevertheless, is changed by a 1/tenth of a second chapter ring.

The newest El Primero, the automated chronograph motion 3600, lies on the coronary heart of this version of the Chronomaster Authentic. It measures elapsed time to 1/tenth of a second, indicated by the purple central chronograph seconds hand, which makes one full sweep of the dial in 10 seconds as a substitute of 60 seconds. Along with 60 hours of energy reserve and a stop-seconds mechanism, the El Primero 3600 automated provides a tribute to Zenith: an openworked rotor within the form of the model’s star emblem, seen by means of the sapphire-crystal caseback held in place by the 12-sided bezel.

This story was first seen as a part of the WOW #81 Autumn 2025 Situation

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