![]() Consider for a minute, in the midst of already softened economic conditions, a platinum model with lapis lazuli dial sold for a quarter of a million, while 20 gold models and 49 stainless steel models were snapped up like gangbusters. “ – Julian Tornare on balancing Creativity and Provenance New Zenith Chronomaster Revival “Shadow” bets on the brand’s Modern Heritage… and Wins “There absolutely must be. At Zenith we have a century and a half of proud tradition on which to draw but this must be leveraged within the framework of looking to the future – in other words, building on the past to create the future.įast forward 2020, the new Zenith Chronomaster Revival Shadow, is inspired by the same A384 case with one key distinction – a modernesque black colour, monochromatic aesthetic from 1970. It's based on the original 1970 A384 Zenith Shadow.Speaking to CEO Julien Tornare on the occasion of LVMH’s inaugural watch week in Dubai, the watch community often struggles with the positioning of one of the industry’s most storied names: a lone watchmaker struggling against all odds at saving the intellectual property and know-how of mechanical watchmaking as a similarly named tech company (of the era) Zenith Radios systematically gutted their latest acquisition. This Zenith Chronomaster Shadow El Primero Revival 97.T384.4061/21.C822 was introduced in 2020. It has a silicon escape wheel and lever, and the mechanism oscillates at a frequency of 36,000 vph (5 Hz). It's rhodium plated and it's constructed with 31 jewels, 282 components, blued screws, an anti-shock device, and a monometallic balance that's adjusted for temperature and 5 positions. This Zenith Chronomaster Shadow El Primero Revival 97.T384.4061/21.C822 has a mechanical automatic self-winding Zenith El Primero caliber 4061 (base Zenith El Primero 400) column wheel chronograph movement. It's water resistant to 50 meters/165 feet, it has a 50-hour power reserve at full winding, and the 13mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed. There are three recessed two-tier grey subsidiary dials with luminous white Arabic numerals, markers, and indicator hands, including a constant running small seconds register at 9 o'clock, a 12-hour chronograph totalizer at 6 o'clock, and there is a 30-minute chronograph counter at the 3 o'clock position. It includes black fat baton hour and minute hands with luminous inserts and a luminous white center sweep second hand. The dial is black with applied faceted luminous rectangular hour markers around a grey perimeter 500 UPH tachymeter scale with luminous white Arabic numerals. The 37mm diameter barrel-shaped two-body solid case, curved faceted lugs, and curved flat bezel, are grey micro-blasted titanium. It has a signed pull-out winding crown, round chronograph push buttons, and a screw down exhibition sapphire display crystal case back engraved with "EL PRIMERO – 50M – 97.T384.4061," and a serial number. ![]() It includes a "cordura effect" rubber strap with a matching titanium tang buckle and scratch resistant sapphire crystals (domed over the dial). This is a matte micro-blasted titanium Zenith Chronomaster Shadow El Primero Revival 97.T384.4061/21.C822.
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