{"product_id":"1990s-zenith-el-primero-rainbow-flyback-40mm-02-0480-406","title":"1990s Zenith El Primero Rainbow Flyback 40mm 02.0480.405","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHere we have a 1990s Zenith El Primero Rainbow Flyback, 40mm, ref. 02.0480.405, made for the French Ministry of Defence. It required a timepiece for their pilots, designed to withstand the high “G” forces and magnetic fields they experienced; the tender was issued in 1997.  The brushed 40mm stainless steel case curves around your wrist, with thick, tapered drilled lugs. A lug-to-lug length of 46mm and a case thickness of 12.5mm give the watch an impressive wrist presence. Down the right side, we have the recessed chronograph pushers and a crown in the centre with deep knurling for grip. The stainless steel bezel has deep knurling and a black aluminium 60-minute insert with silver numerals, markings and the first 20 minutes highlighted. A flat sapphire crystal sits above a matte black dynamic dial. An outer Telemeter scale chapter ring surrounds the minutes precisely executed, Arabic numerals are coated in a thick layer of Tritium marking the hours, the chronograph consists of a colourful ‘Rainbow’ 30-minute register with an orange hand, at 6 o’clock a 12-hour register with a Tritium coated hand and at 9 o’clock small seconds with a Tritium coated hand, between the four and five a colour matched date window. Slender white sword hands are filled with Tritium and complemented by an orange arrow-pointed chronograph hand; at noon, we have the Zenith  El Primero motif and “Automatic” printed underneath, completing this striking Rainbow Flyback chronograph. On the reverse, a screw-down case back with the details of the watch engraved around the edge and the Zenith shield in the centre; inside an automatic Zenith Cal. 405, 31 jewels, beating at 36,000 beats per hour, this column-wheel flyback chronograph is made up of 331 components. The watch comes paired with a well-suited 20mm vintage-style leather strap and a pin buckle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-cb276d81-7fff-3b34-2752-92f717d696f5\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zenith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57201475649916,"sku":"02.0480.405","price":2950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/0771\/3366\/files\/1_43e628b3-2f1d-4828-9602-c9b1608482e7.jpg?v=1784731524","url":"https:\/\/kibblewatches.co.uk\/products\/1990s-zenith-el-primero-rainbow-flyback-40mm-02-0480-406","provider":"KibbleWatches","version":"1.0","type":"link"}