This is anything but simple - the colour has depth and a bit of flash that holds up against the muted silver and grey hues elsewhere. The timepiece is outfitted with a matte salmon opaline dial, providing a dynamic and warm backdrop uncommon for this dial configuration.Ĭhosen by the Hodinkee team, the salmon leans more towards an orange colourway as opposed to red, and the matte opaline finish allows that colour to shine without any unnecessary finishing. The colours are where Hodinkee pushed the boundaries while connecting the timepiece to the world of complex watchmaking.

There is a shock absorber mechanism, a self-compensating Breguet balance spring, and an index regulator.The Zenith Chronomaster Original Limited Edition For Hodinkee uses the perfectly sized 38mm x 12.6mm case of the Chronomaster Original came in. It includes a straight-line lever escapement, and a monometallic balance that's adjusted to 5 positions. It's constructed with 31 jewels, 326 components, and the mechanism beats at 36,000 vph. This Zenith El Primero Chronograph, reference 03.2040.400/69.C494, has a mechanical automatic self-winding Zenith El Primero caliber 400 B movement that's rhodium-plated. The 12.75mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed. It's water resistant to 100 meters/330 feet, and it has a 50-hour power reserve at full wind. The dial is silver with an outer seconds indicator rim, a blue tachymeter perimeter track, faceted polished luminous hands, and applied luminous baton hour indexes. The 42mm diameter solid three-body case and bezel are polished with fine brushed finished edges and lugs. It has a red-tipped central seconds counter hand. The chronograph stopwatch has round pushbuttons, a 30-minute silver-rimmed subsidiary dial at the 3 o'clock position, a red date aperture window at 6 o'clock, and a silver-rimmed running seconds dial at 9. It has an alligator leather strap with a matching stainless steel buckle, a scratch resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both surfaces, and a sapphire display case back. This is a stainless steel Zenith El Primero Chronograph, reference 03.2040.400/69.C494. More about El Primero Classic Chronograph Limited for HODINKEE

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