Baselworld 2016: EL PRIMERO 36’000 VPH CLASSIC - CARS A LEGEND AMONG LEGENDS
Baselworld 2016: EL PRIMERO 36’000 VPH CLASSIC - CARS A LEGEND AMONG LEGENDS
Technical excellence, a passion for timeless mechanisms and the emotional power of unique human adventures are all embedded in Zenith’s DNA. The Manufacture has long chosen to associate its name and its expertise with the world of classic cars that shares these same values grounded in authenticity.
In 2016, building on its many partnerships, Zenith will be joining thousands of passionate classic car enthusiasts around the world at more than 50 events. Whether devotees of high-speed thrills or fans of escape from daily routine, they love the finely weathered leather, the exceptional engines and the pure, sleek curves of legendary cars. Their passion is matched by the pleasure they feel at the wheel. The El Primero 360’000 VpH Classic Car embodies and pays tribute to this prestigious world in which precision, reliability and endurance are expressed through sophisticated designs exuding timeless elegance.
ENDURING AESTHETICS
The legendary El Primero chronograph by Zenith is a peerlessly precise, high- performance emblem of rst-rate mechanics imbued with an unmistakable sense of re nement. Dedicated to those with a penchant for elegant speed machines, the El Primero 36’000 VpH Classic Car comes with a 42 mm-diameter brushed steel case tted with a uted crown and two round pushpieces. Its face expresses strength and distinction on an anthracite dial featuring an engine-type nish and punctuated by three counters in the original anthracite, blue and light grey colours. Enhanced by a tachymeter scale, this iconic watch face features a slim red central sweep-seconds hand as well as luminescent facetted hands and hour-markers.
AN EXCEPTIONAL ENGINE!
Humming beneath the hood is a powerful and accurate engine: the El Primero 400B automatic chronograph calibre. Its erce pace of 36,000 vibrations per hour, enabling tenth of a second display, along with its integrated column- wheel construction, hail from a legendary lineage: that of the world’s most precise series-made chronograph developed by Zenith in 1969. This 326-part movement wound by an oscillating weight adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif drives central hours and minutes, small seconds, chronograph and date functions, while delivering a more than 50-hour power reserve.
Water-resistant to 100 metres, the El Primero 36’000 VpH Classic watch circles the wrist of gentlemen drivers by means of a rubber-lined perforated chestnut brown calfskin strap, tted with a steel triple folding clasp.