At Baselworld replica watches 2017, Zenith unveiled a watch that can measure
At Baselworld replica watches 2017, Zenith unveiled a watch that can measure
At Baselworld replica watches 2017, Zenith unveiled a watch that can measure elapsed intervals, not merely to the nearest 1/10 of a second, but to the nearest 1/100 of a second. This feat is ordinarily reserved exclusively for quartz watches, but Zenith’s Defy El Primero 21 accomplishes it with the aid of the new mechanical caliber El Primero 9004. This elaborately engineered movement combines two assemblies and sets a standard for the 21st century. Zenith remains loyal to a decisive detail here: Just like the original version from 1969, the balance of the 9004 oscillates at the speedy frequency of 36,000 vph. The presence of this movement inside a watch’s case can be deduced from the fluidly gliding seconds hand, the high precision of the timekeeping, and the hectic ticking sound. The stopwatch function in the new caliber has a movement of its own, including a separate escapement paced at a frenetic 360,000 vph. The chronograph’s balance accordingly oscillates at a pace of 50 Hz, which enables the stopwatch replica watches uk to measure elapsed intervals to the nearest 1/100 of a second.
All this has its price. Or rather, two prices. First, there’s the monetary expense: $9,600 for the model with a titanium case, $10,600 for a skeletonized variation in titanium, or $11,600 for a skeletonized version with a ceramicized aluminum case. Then there’s the tribute paid to the energy demand. The chronograph exhausts its power reserve after just 50 minutes. Both movements can be manually wound via the crown. Turning the button clockwise winds the mainspring of the stopwatch movement and turning it counterclockwise tightens the mainspring of the ordinary timekeeping movement.
The hand for the 1/100 of a second rotates at the dial’s center, while the elapsed seconds are tallied on a subdial at 6 o’clock. Due to the limited duration of the chronograph’s power reserve, there’s no counter for elapsed hours, as there was on the original El Primero from 1969. Instead, the newcomer has a counter for 30 elapsed minutes at 3 o’clock. Visual similarities between this dial’s arrangement and the layout of the original model are impossible to deny. Then as now, the continually running seconds hand sweeps its orbit at 9 o’clock. The case is 44 mm in diameter.
After half a century, Zenith again proves that rolex replica no other watch manufacturer can rival its mastery of mass-produced high-frequency mechanical timekeeping at this price level. The El Primero has set standards ever since 1969. And the version for the 21st century logically continues this tradition. This is how a watch movement becomes a legend that sparks enthusiasm from every connoisseur. No caliber ticks at a faster pace. And this makes an El Primero a “must have” for a watch collection.
