![]() The faceted lugs are smooth to the touch. The pump-style chronograph pushers and crown work reliably and comfortably for an ergonomic experience. It remains consummately elegant while thoroughly sporty. At 12.6 mm in height, it has enough heft to make its presence known without overwhelming the wrist. The case is a classic 38 mm in diameter but looks much bigger with its nearly bezel-less design. There are three variations, but I am truly enamored of the one in which the watch fully commits to black-and-white styling (also known as reverse panda), including the black date window at 4:30 that neatly fits where it should without overpowering any part of the dial. Zenith has paid tribute to the original Reference A386 of 1969 with special and limited editions in the past, notably on the occasion of the watch’s fiftieth anniversary in 2019, but the Chronomaster Original marks the first time it has reentered the permanent collection in a stainless steel case. Mr Tornare, take a bow.Zenith Chronomaster Original on the wrist at the 2021 Swiss Open in Gstaad The Original and quite possibly the best. There are strap options, too, and, of course, given its role in the watch, the El Primero gets its moment in the sun through a gaping sapphire case back. ![]() Cool as that was and is, it’s an acquired taste, so the new collection has a more mainstream three-link bracelet design. The 1960s model had a laddered design created by specialist Gay Frères, as seen on some of Zenith’s Chronomaster Revival models recently. One area of difference is the bracelet design. Despite the level of detail, and that its squeezed into a relatively small dial by modern chronograph standards, the read-out is fabulously well balanced and, dare I say it, far clearer than on the Chronomaster Sport. ![]() The inner of these still shows 100 segments, now used to break down the ten seconds it takes for the red hand to complete a full tour of the dial the outer, once a tachymeter, now shows the tenths of a second. New to the design is how the two scales around the outside edge of the dial are used. ![]()
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