2020 Zenith El Primero Chronomaster C.01 Collective Edition 03.2152.4061/80.R825
Ref: 03.2152.4061/80.R825
Specification
Lugs : 19mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box & Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : 12-Months Warranty
Points of Mention
This watch is sold with its original Zenith box and Zenith paperwork. The watch comes paired with three Zenith 19mm straps including a still stickered unused deployant clasp. The watch is from January 2020 and is sold in worn condition, but worn only a handful of times at most, as you can see. The watch comes with our 12-Months Warranty.
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The Watch
Here we have a 2020 Zenith El Primero Chronomaster C.01 Collective Edition 03.2152.4061/80.R825, sold exclusively to members of the Collective Horology Collectors Club, an international group of enthusiasts based in Silicon Valley California, and is limited to just 50 pieces. The 38mm brushed and polished stainless steel case curves over your wrist with tapered flat-ended lugs, and polished bevel edges that lead to a lug-to-lug length of 46.5mm and a case thickness of 14mm giving the watch an impressive wrist presence. Down the right side, we have the piston-style chronograph pushers and a signed crown in the centre. A polished smooth bezel holds a domed sapphire crystal above a crisp white and grey dynamic dial, a white Tachymeter sits above a grey 60-minute chapter ring precisely executed with chamfer-edged baton indexes marking the hours, three touching grey subdials consist of a 30-minute register, 12-hour register and a small seconds register, slender baton hands have a line of Super LumiNova and a unique Rhodium-plated tapered chronograph hand has the characteristic Zenith star counterweight, at 12 o’clock we have the applied Zenith star and Zenith El Primero printed underneath completing this exclusive chronograph. On the reverse a screwed-down exhibition case back with sapphire crystal, inside an automatic Zenith El. Primero Cal. 4061, 31 jewels, beating at 36,000 beats per hour, this movement has a base of the Zenith El Primero 400 and is made up of 282 components including a Silicon escape wheel, lever, and a skeletonised signed rotor. The watch comes paired with three Zenith 19mm straps including a still stickered unused deployant clasp and is sold with its original Zenith box and Zenith paperwork.
Personal Note
I sold this watch last year factory sealed and there is something alluring about a factory-sealed watch, but it sucks not being able to actually view and photograph the thing, so getting this back round, but this time open makes me so happy as I can not get true hands-on with this limited edition Zenith El Primero Chronomaster C.01 Collective of only 50 total, this has to be one of Zenith's most limited releases in modern times! Either way, don't miss the opportunity to snap this up, it has been worn a handful of times at most and could easily pass as like-new now!
The Brand
Zenith was founded in 1865 by 22-year-old watchmaker Georges Favre-Jacot. Their manufacturing was based in Le Locle Switzerland. Famously Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, who was the first person to reach the South Pole in 1911 and the North Pole in 1926, wore Zenith watches on his expeditions. In 1999 Zenith was purchased by LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) joining brands like TAG and Hublot. Zenith is one of the only Swiss manufacturers to still produce their own in-house movements. Their most recognised movement is the El Primero; it was released in 1969, went into production in 1975, and was re-issued in 1986. Zenith was later sold to the Swatch Group in November 1999.