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Zenith
Ref. 03.2046.4061
Chronomaster El Primero 1969 Tour Auto Edition
A fine and attractive limited edition stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with tachymeter scale, warranty and presentation box, numbered 168 out of a limited edition of 500
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The Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 1969 runs at a speed of 36,000 vph on a high performance engine, the El Primero caliber 4061. The dial opening at 11 o’clock reveals the beating heart of the COSC certified movement. Finished in brushed slate grey and French rally stripe (blue-white-red) across the dial is a power reserve with the capacity of 50 hours, a perfect companion for motor-sport enthusiast. Limited to just 500 pieces, the present example is in absolutely mint condition and offered in its complete full set accessories.
Zenith
Swiss | 1865Since 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.