Take a glance at this and you will see a cutting-edge timepiece of the 1960s, exactly as the Zenith manufacture of that time best intended it. First is that so-called time capsule feature. Nevertheless, the Zenith El Primero Chronomaster Revival A385 offers a host of considerable feats that most of its other modern counterparts don’t. You can get an El Primero in all sorts of flavors these days. A Stratos Striking 10ths is, for example, an absolutely superb modern rendition of this chronograph with a novel spin on utilizing its celebrated 5Hertz/one-tenth-a-second operating frequency. More to the point, the El Primero has been packaged in all sorts of fascinating and entertaining ways since its 1969 debut - thus, unlike with a host of other brands big on vintage-revivals these days, you do have tons of amazing options to enjoy the El Primero beyond resorting to a vintage re-release.

That said, the last 50 years saw a truly remarkable - and still deeply under-appreciated - evolution of this caliber both in terms of technical complexity and “packaging.” Over this time, El Primero calibers were enhanced to genuinely impressive new dimensions, with perpetual calendar, alarm, tourbillon, minute repeater and Striking 10th complications added to a movement whose “base” rendition had already pushed the engineering envelope, big-time. Is The “Revival A385” The El Primero To Get?Īs I said, this Revival A385 is as legitimate an El Primero as they get, so far as pedigree is concerned. Hey Zenith… That GH 20801 has to make a comeback.

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