The Original and quite possibly the best. There are strap options, too, and, of course, given its role in the watch, the El Primero gets its moment in the sun through a gaping sapphire case back. Chronomaster Filters CHRONOMASTER El Primero The Chronomaster collection showcases the Manufacture's mastery of the automatic high-frequency chronograph movement and the unique design language it established in over 50 years.

Zenithis introducing today the Chronomaster Original, the 21st century heir of one of the most iconic models powered by the legendary El Primero movement, the reference A386 that was launched in 1969. Cool as that was and is, it’s an acquired taste, so the new collection has a more mainstream three-link bracelet design. Zenith Chronomaster Original 03.3200.3600/69.M3200. The 1960s model had a laddered design created by specialist Gay Frères, as seen on some of Zenith’s Chronomaster Revival models recently. One area of difference is the bracelet design.

Despite the level of detail, and that its squeezed into a relatively small dial by modern chronograph standards, the read-out is fabulously well balanced and, dare I say it, far clearer than on the Chronomaster Sport. The inner of these still shows 100 segments, now used to break down the ten seconds it takes for the red hand to complete a full tour of the dial the outer, once a tachymeter, now shows the tenths of a second. New to the design is how the two scales around the outside edge of the dial are used.

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