Zenith Rainbow flyback with ref 01.0480.405 in SS with caliber El Primero 405

Zenith Rainbow flyback with ref 01.0480.405 in SS with caliber El Primero 405

Zenith El Primero Rainbow with reference 01.0480.405 in stainless steel with round black dial and Arabic numerals. It has 3 sub-dials with minutes at 3 o’clock, hours at 6 o’clock and seconds at 9 o’clock. The sub-dial at 3 o’clock is very colorful. The window for the date is between 4 and 5 o’clock. The hands are white with sword style and orange stick for the chronograph. Luminous are perfect. The watch has an outer unidirectional bezel with orange graduation up to 20. It is a “T Swiss Made T” model. It is a stainless-steel screwed back case with engraved outside “Manufacture Zenith – Swiss Made - Acier – 01.480.405 – Water Resistant 100m – Rainbow Flyback”. Automatic movement with caliber El Primero 405 and 31 jewels. It has a black leather strap with red stitches and buckle.  Width between lugs 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 movement with Zenith El Primero caliber 405, 31 jewels, 36,000 A/h and 50 hours of power reserve.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 40mm
Length including lugs: 46mm