01-0150-415 Zenith El Primero Sub Sea
With one glance at the El Primero Sub Sea, you get the feeling this is the sort of watch Zenith couldn’t create today.…
Civilian Zenith A. Cairelli CP-2
The Zenith A. Cairelli AMI CP-2 represents a high-water mark of effortless Italian style, full stop. And that’s saying a lot: Turin gave…
Zenith x Voutilainen x Phillips Calibre 135-O
Last year, an early-2000s Formula 1 Ferrari V10 engine known as the F2003-GA, capable of 845hp at 18,300rpm, was auctioned off for 36K…
Mk2 A386 Zenith El Primero
‘The want’ is very strong with vintage Zenith. As a blanket term, ‘vintage Zenith’ covers so much: the original covergirl, G381, A277, Moonphase…
01.0210.415 ‘Surf’ Zenith El Primero
The El Primero story is lore, not only for its extreme ambition in engineering but equally that the world almost lost the calibre…
Tropical A384 Zenith El Primero
1969 was quite the year. Aside from Omega’s all-time greatest product placement, the Swiss were manufacturing some seriously attractive metal. There was the…
01.0372.400 Black Dial Zenith El Primero Rainbow
This Zenith is, by definition, an oxymoron. Black rainbows don’t exist in the physical world, but do exist—if only just—in El Primero. The…
Value Prop: Turquoise Zenith Defy Diver 600
The recent reissue of Zenith’s very 70s Defy Diver has brought some interesting variants out of the woodwork. Recently, collector Greg Selch discussed…
Tropical A384 Zenith El Primero
1969 was quite the year. Aside from Omega’s all-time greatest product placement, the Swiss were manufacturing some seriously attractive metal. There was the…
A3818 ‘Cover Girl’ Zenith El Primero
Make no mistake, this is no revival reissue. I once described Zenith’s easy, breezy, beautiful 1971 Cover Girl both legendary and seemingly unattainable,…
A3817 Zenith El Primero
Perhaps not terribly well known, the storied A386 is not the sole Zenith chronograph to sport the famous ‘tricolore’ dial. One lesser known,…
Value Prop: Mk3 02.1310.400 Zenith De Luca
The quantity of inconspicuous vintage Zenith references whose value remains unrecognized bewilders me. This is probably the result of a somewhat chaotic and…
Civilian Zenith A. Cairelli CP-2
It would be the height of understatement to say Zenith are known for their chronographs. In fact, with the exception of one literally…
