Zenith and Hodinkee Collaborate on a Salmon Dial Chronomaster Original
Hodinkee and Zenith have teamed up for the second time to create a limited edition version of one of our favorite recent releases, the Chronomaster Original. Zenith of course has a veritable army of chronographs in their catalog, but the Chronomaster Original can be seen as something of a skeleton key to the rest of them. It has a classic case shape reminiscent of the A386, the original Original from 1969, and lends itself to a variety of interesting color configurations. Importantly, it also houses Zenith?s next generation El Primero Automatic Caliber 3600, an impressive modern chronograph movement capable of timing events to the tenth of a second thanks to a central hand that makes a full rotation around the dial in just ten seconds. The movement gives the Chronomaster Original the feel of something more than a heritage piece, but the classic styling separates it nicely from the more adventurous and avant-garde watches in Zenith?s Defy line, and elsewhere in the catalog. In other words, it straddles a line of sorts, so it?s interesting to see the result when a collaborator like Hodinkee gets involved in the design.Â
The dominant tone here is salmon, and Hodinkee really went for it, giving us a dial intentionally veering more toward orange than red. The finish is matte, a vintage inspired choice that seems on brand for Hodinkee, who usually lean toward classic, timeless elements in their high profile limited editions. El Primero sub-registers are historically an...
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