![]() Turn the watch over and all 278 components of the El Primero Caliber 400 movement are there for you to admire through the sapphire crystal case-back – and admire you should. ![]() Instead, just ‘Zenith El Primero’ at 12 o’clock, harking back to the original 1969 version. A cleaner, more spacious aesthetic and increased legibility on the dial comes from less text there’s no ‘automatic’ or ’36,000 VPH’ lettering. Staying true to the heritage of this revolutionary movement, the Zenith Chronomaster El Primero 36,000 VPH 38mm boasts pretty much the exact same movement that made history in 1969.Įven with a sub-40mm case size, the elegant dial doesn’t feel too cramped with its slightly overlapping tricolour subdials – they’re smaller than previous El Primero tricolour models. We’re taking a closer look at the 38mm model, which is a slightly smaller version of a legend in the watch industry. The famous El Primero movement powers quite a few watches in Zenith’s core range in fact all the watches in the Chronomaster collection tick at the impressive 36,000 vibrations per hour. Zenith Chronomaster El Primero 36,000 VPH It’s the only one capable of measuring short times to 1/10th of a second.ĭid you know? Rolex used the El Primero movement for the Rolex Daytona, although they slowed the vibrations down to 28,800 vph. Its technical specifications were so complex that it took several years to develop, and it remains the world’s most precise series-made movement. Beating at 36,000 vibration per hour, the El Primero was strides ahead of other movements at the time – most were ticking at 18,000 vph or 21,600 vph.
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