Few brands have so sparked interest in their historically informed family of chronographs in recent years so much as Zenith with their Chronomaster collection. With modern executions like the smoky A385 Revival, green hued ?Safari,? all black ?Shadow?? not to mention the 2021-introduced Chronomaster Sport and Chronomaster Original? the contemporary collection has consistently and substantively drawn on the past for a refreshing stream of chronograph cool.

This month, that Zenith-powered interest in its chronographs continues, with the brand introducing its latest limited-edition novelty: the Chronomaster Revival A384 Lupin the Third, Final Edition. The new watch is the third and final edition to its Lupin the Third series, a partnership collaboration stemming to 2019 between the Swiss watchmaker and Japanese manga and anime series, Lupin the Third.
In the first edition of the Lupin the Third watch series, the Chronomaster Revival A384 base design featured first a black, grey, and gilt dial featured in the television show (above), while second edition featured the same base design, but then with a different ?panda? dial variant featured in another episode (below). The final edition, now unveiled, takes these two dials and brings them together with a 50/50 split, presenting a highly unusual visual experience that is, as of writing, completely novel in the current market.

The new Zenith continues a small but seemingly growing trend seen in the watch world,...