Zenith Class El Primero Luxury Watch Review

BUY IT HERE: http://www.thewatchbox.com/watches/zenith Want a no-arguments watch? If so, the Zenith Class El Primero is the watch u want. Rarely has a timepiece been so aptly named; at 40mm in 18-karat yellow gold, this impeccably detailed Zenith El Primero is a class act. Any Zenith El Primero-powered chronograph is a standout. Rolex took that lesson to heart with its Zenith-powered 1988-1999 Cosmograph Daytona; even Geneva's giant made a tacit admission that when it came to automatic chronograph calibers, Zenith had the best game in town. By the late 1990s, Zenith had begun to gain a sense of its own value as a manufacture and not just a movement supplier. New Zenith model lines include the COSC-certified Chronomasters, Elite ultra-thins, and the elegant Class El Primero chronographs emerged to capture the hearts and minds of watch enthusiasts. The Class El Primero wears the lines and signature cues of timeless mid-century men's formal watches. The tapered lugs, baton hands, Roman numerals and slender case would have looked at home on the wrist of Clark Gable or Jimmy Stewart in their primes. But the 40mm yellow gold case of the Class El Primero is thoroughly contemporary in size; the watches of Motorama-era America don't wear with this kind of wrist presence. A sunburst silver dial provides peerless elegance. The gold applied Roman numerals, chapter ring, and hands provide contrast and precious-metal luster. Outboard of the primary chapter ring, a blue printed tachyme