Nineteen sixty-nine was a busy year. Astronauts took watches to the moon, Richard Nixon was elected the 37th President, and the first-ever Woodstock rocked the socks off of some 350,000 hippies. Over in the watch world, Zenith released its now-iconic El Primero A386, a horologically significant, automatic chronograph with a colorful design that couldn’t be … Read more

The year 1969 was a watershed moment for Zenith – marking the arrival of the now legendary Zenith El Primero automatic chronograph movement. For years, it stood as the caliber against which all others would be measured. Even after the Quartz Crisis had its way with Zenith, the lore of the El Primero remained – so much … Read more

We see plenty of watches all through the year. There are so many different releases that pass our in front of our eyes during the year, you tend to forget some. But there are one that have a huge impact from the moment you see them. The Zenith Chronomaster Original Limited Edition For Hodinkee is … Read more