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  • Manufacturer: Zenith
    Year: 2021
    Reference No: 97.G383.400/38.C881
    Movement No: 688’602
    Case No: 583'171
    Model Name: Chronomaster Revival Poker Chip "SJX Edition"
    Material: Titanium
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 400, 31 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Luminous fabric
    Clasp/Buckle: Titanium Zenith pin buckle
    Dimensions: 38mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and buckle signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Zenith warranty stamped SJX dated 26th November 2021, leather card holder, instruction manual, hang tag, travel case, additional strap, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    -Based on the funky and unmistakably 1960s inspired reference G383, the present Zenith Chronomaster Revival Poker Chip is an icon reimagined in the 21st century, made in collaboration with Singapore-based watch media SJX Watches. An explosion of funk and disco, the reference G383 features a quirky sectored dial with black and gold patterns that is reminiscent of a poker chip you would see in a game of Texas Hold’em.

    -Featuring a striking matte gun metal titanium case with an equally striking luminous dial, the case of this revival model is micro-blasted and based on the 38mm El Primero A386, giving the watch a more contemporary aesthetic.

    -Beating inside this Zenith Chronomaster Revival Poker Chip is the El Primero 400, same movement found in the reference G383.

    -A spectacular reinterpretation of the original, the Chronomaster Revival “Poker Chip” was produced in a limited edition of 200 pieces only and is presented in virtually unworn condition.

  • Artist Biography

    Zenith

    Swiss • 1865

    Since Zenith's beginnings, founder George Favre-Jacot sought to manufacture precision timepieces, realizing quality control was best maintained when production was housed under one roof. Zenith remains one of the few Swiss manufacturers to produce their own in-house movements to this day.

    Today, the brand is best known for the "El Primero," the firm's most successful automatic chronograph movement. In an interesting twist of fate, the company that owned Zenith during the 1970s decided to move on to quartz movements and therefore sought to destroy the parts and tools necessary to make mechanical movements. One watchmaker realized this folly and hid the tools and parts before they were destroyed. In 1984, he returned them to Zenith so they could once again make the El Primero movement.

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Ref. 97.G383.400/38.C881
An impressive and well-preserved titanium chronograph wristwatch with luminous poker chip dial and strap, date, warranty and presentation box, one of a limited edition of 200 pieces made in collaboration with SJX Watches

2021
38mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement and buckle signed

Estimate
CHF6,000 - 12,000 
€6,200-12,500
$6,800-13,700

Sold for CHF7,620

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Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Geneva Sessions Fall 2023

8 - 15 September 2023