Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 01.0240.410 with caliber 410 Z in stainless steel

Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 01.0240.410 with caliber 410 Z in stainless steel

Iconic Zenith El Primero chronometer with round light white gray dial and guilloche in the center and Arabic numerals. The watch has 3 sub dials, 3 o’clock for minutes, 6 o’clock for hours and moonlight and seconds at 9 o’clock. The watch has an outer tachymeter ring graduated up to 400. The window for the date is at 4 o’clock, month at 2 o’clock and day at 10 o’clock. It is a “Swiss Made” model. The has steel hands with “Dauphine” style. The crown comes the Zenith logo. It is a stainless-steel case with a crystal sapphire case back and engraved around “Swiss Made – Model Depose – 01.0240.410 – Zenith – Water Resistant – Chronometer”. The watch comes with a blue alligator strap and Zenith double clasp buckle. Width between is 20mm.

History

A man called Georges Favre Jacot set-up a company in 1865. He experienced a large successful offering pocket watches as accuracy as possible. In 1896, it won a gold medal at the Swiss National Exhibition. In 1960, Zenith takes over Martel Watch Co., which developed the calibers 285 and 749 for Universal. They became the 246 Zenith family. In 1969, Zenith introduces the first ever-automatic chronograph with central winding rotor, the mythical “El Primero”. Since 1999, the company is owned by LVMH. Their current leading products are “Chronomaster XXT”, the tourbillon chronograph, the “Traveler” and “Defy Xtreme”.

Technical details

Automatic Zenith movement with caliber 410 Z, 31 jewels, 36,000 A/h and 50 hours of power reserve. It is the base of the Zenith 400.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 40mm


Length including lugs: 46mm