Tonight in New York City, Zenith Watch Company celebrated the 50th anniversary of the famed El Primero chronograph caliber, and globally launched the El Primero Revival A384 watch. The new timepiece ...
Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a biweekly column highlighting important or little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the Zenith El Primero. Imagine a ...
The Zenith El Primero was launched just over 50 years ago, on January 10th, 1969. At the time, the company was still known as Zenith-Movado, and it had spent seven years developing the El Primero’s ...
Watches don’t get much more vintage-inspired than the new Chronomaster Revival A385 chronograph from the storied Swiss watchmaker Zenith. A faithful throwback to the brand’s legendary 1969 El Primero, ...
Welcome to Dialed In, Esquire's weekly column bringing you horological happenings and the most essential news from the watch world since March 2020. The recreation of vintage-inspired watches from an ...
Porsche’s 911, the Leica M series, perhaps the Fender Stratocaster: history is poorly served with consumer durables that have evolved over multiple decades without ever shirking their DNA or being ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover watches and the world of haute horlogerie. This is quite a popular comparison, and lots of variables come into play when ...
Brands often speak of a “hero product”. For Zenith, it’s not a watch but a movement — in fact, the El Primero is so synonymous with the brand as to be all-consuming. Launched 50 years ago as the most ...