You have to had been a child of the 80s to remember how utterly cool the Ebel Sports Classic Chronograph watch was and no other watch represented the insouciance and maximalism of the 1980s as this watch , especially in its yellow gold livery. And it is no mystery why it was the watch of choice of the white linen suite wearing and Testa Rossa driving Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice.

Created in 1911, Ebel rapidly made a name for itself supplying private label watches to other brands. Ebel’s breakthrough came in the late 1970s when one of the founder’s grand children Pierre-Alain Blum took the helm making Ebel one of the most iconic brands of the 1980s-1990s.

The Sport Classique models were launched in 1977 with their defining “wave” bracelets, however it was not until 1982 that the chronograph model was presented, Ebel turning to Zenith to supply El Primero chronograph movements that they had stopped producing but still had a few in stock. Rolex is often credited for the revival of the El Primero movement when they introduced the automatic winding Daytona ref 16520, but that was in 1988, 6 years after Ebel had launched their version!

The present watch is in fact a rare transitional model made only in 1985/86 featuring the Zenith Cal 40.0. Furthermore the watch features the non luminous Mark 1 dial and the ultra rare yellow gold "wave" bracelet making the watch an extremely rare and collectable example.