![]() Of the 300 pieces 150 will be sold by Hodinkee in their shop (and it’s already sold out at the time of writing) and the other 150 will be sold on Zenith’s own e-commerce platform. The watch can be yours for $9,500 via the Hodinkee shop with deliveries starting for the first 75 pieces within days and for the remaining 75 pieces in August. A 38mm case, domed sapphire crystal, COSC-chronometer certified El Primero caliber, a bright slate grey, sunburst dial make up HODINKEE Limted Edition by Zenith. The power reserve is plentiful for a high-beat movement with 60 hours. The movement features a silicon escape wheel that actually drives the second hand directly instead of driving it from the fourth wheel like the caliber 400 before. Here we see a Zenith caliber 3600, column wheel, 36,000 vph high beat rate, and the signature feature of having a chronograph secondhand that makes one revolution around the dial every 10 seconds – 6 times per minute. No Zenith watch alert can be complete without talking about the movement. My only criticism is the “One of 300” engraving instead of a limited edition number. The bracelet is a tapered steel bracelet with polished center links. The dial is really well done with color tones that work extremely well together, the salmon works great with the grey and silver subdials. The watch is 12.6mm tall so follows the standard Chronomaster Original as introduced in 2021 but is reminiscent of the A386 from 1969. I appreciate the date at 4 as it gets out of the way of the indices and subdials in this particular watch. Which makes the date window at 4:30 disappear should you be in the camp: “date needs to be at 3 or 6”. And for all the critics out there – yes, the date wheel is in dial color. The “Zenith Chronomaster Original Limited Edition for Hodinkee” features Zenith’s latest movement, a classic case of 38mm, and an incredibly cool Salmon color dial. But they didn’t disappoint this time! Design and Watch Specificationsĭimensions: 38mm diameter, 12.7mm thickness, 46.2mm lug-to-lug, sapphire crystal, 60- hours power reserve, lug width: 19mm, Chronograph Caliber 3600, steel case and bracelet, salmon, Opaline dial, SuperLuminova, Water Resistance 50m ![]() Ok, except with travel/desk watches maybe. Having bought 2 of these collabs myself so far, I appreciate how Hodinkee usually brings something cool and different to the table. I have one Zenith in my collection, a Defy 21 El Primero for exactly one year, and love that watch! Now when Hodinkee is involved in a collab I am all ears. In this case, the result's been a watch which it's very likely Zenith would never have produced on its own, but which also, seen against the backdrop of the El Primero's history, seems a very good fit to the basic EP identity.Zenith is on an incredible trajectory at the moment, their sales are through the roof, many of their models fetch a nice premium in the secondary market and they are firing on all cylinders. At the moment, of course, it's still very much a niche activity from a commercial perspective, but it's also a good look for any brand that's willing to make it a real collaboration, and for any organization which has a clear vision of what it expects from its design objectives, and which also understands the need to respect certain core aspects of the brand's identity as well. The center seconds hand is now rhodium plated, and the chronograph pushers have a brushed finish, the better to bring them into visual harmony with the rest of the watch.Īs fine watchmaking continues to find an even broader audience worldwide, and on the internet, the creation of custom-designed timepieces for such communities – which is very much distinct from creating limited editions as a part of larger commercial relationships, such as sports teams sponsorships – may more and more represent a commercially important market for fine watch brands to explore. The date display at 4:00 is also gone, in pursuit of greater simplicity and visual clarity, and dial numerals are executed in an easy-on-the-eyes, but still highly legible, light grey. ![]() The colorful treatment of the overlapping subdials, as well as the signature red center chronograph seconds hand, are gone instead, a palette of matte whites and greys takes its place, playing off the metal facets of the dial markers. ![]() For its first outing, Collective, whose membership is primarily folks working in tech, wanted a watch that represented the simplicity in design and clarity of purpose characteristic of an elegant and well designed user-interface. It will be immediately obvious to anyone familiar with the standard 38mm EP, that the aesthetics are pretty dramatically different. ![]() In terms of basic physical design and dimensions, the Chronomaster C.01 is identical to the 38mm El Primero Chronomaster, but the aesthetics are very different. ![]()
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