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The Zenith Chronomaster Sport Review: Don't judge a book by its cover...
Zenith recently released the latest evolution of their chronograph line, and it's fair to say it caused quite the stir. People had opinions mainly about its appearance, as it was quickly compared to a certain popular chronograph leading to debate across the internet.
Were these comparison comments correct? Is this watch nothing more than its visual similarity to competitors? Or, is there more than meets the eye?
History of the El Primero with evolution over time
Often overlooked and disregarded, Zenith is hugely underrated when you consider just how much they have contributed to the industry. The El Primero is quite simply regarded as one of the most important movements in horology history.
Initially released in 1969 with the A386, it is known to be one of the first automatic chronograph movements on the market, and taking a look at the stats of it when it was introduced it was clearly the best one. Its use in the Daytona helped get Rolex out of a tricky situation back in the 1980s as they were keen to modernise the model with an automatic movement.
Charles Vermot famously ignored head office advice in the 70s to destroy all El Primero movements and tools, instead deciding to store everything in an attic. As such he saved the movement, in turn playing a hugely important part in the continued success of Zenith and in turn, the Rolex Daytona.
In the 80s and 90s, Zenith went on to become big-time movement makers thanks Mr Vermot and although they were pleased that a watch with their movement was becoming so popular, Zenith wanted a little more of the limelight that Rolex was receiving. And so in 1988 the Zenith DeLuca was born, introducing a design that shares a lot of its DNA with this new Chronomaster Sport.
Why It's Not The Rolex Daytona
Let’s just address the elephant in the room right away. A few people (in fact, a lot of people) were talking about how this new Chronomaster Sport from Zenith shares a resemblance to the model it is quite familiar with, the Rolex Daytona.
With its white dial, black ceramic bezel, metal bracelet and similar hands and indices, on the surface, this may look like fair assumption to make. After all, Rolex created this aesthetic and owns it completely, right? Well not quite.
See, a lot of these ‘Daytona’ comments occur because of the watch' appearance. Sure how a watch looks is a huge part of its value (after all we look at these things quite a lot during the day) but there is more to it than that. Rolex isn’t the only brand to release a white dialled chronograph with a black bezel (shock, I know). There are of course many others, but what Rolex are is in demand. They have popularised the modern luxury steel chronograph as we know it in such a way that results in anything even remotely similar-looking being disregarded as just another lookalike.
Purchasing a Daytona for £10,500 with your name on the paperwork isn’t exactly easy. Your best bet of owning one is to fork out at least double that and pick one up on the grey market. When something is desirable and in demand, that then becomes number 1. There is a noticeable amount of details on the Zenith that are different to the Daytona, but it seems people are caught up on the visuals.
The Chronomaster Sport we have with us today brings all of the brand's best bits from the past into one thoroughly modern model. Dimensions on the Chronomaster Sport are spot on with a case diameter of 41mm, a case thickness of 13.6mm and a lug to lug distance of just 46.8mm. The majority of this watch’ aesthetic can be attributed to the De Luca and the brands desire to modernise such design. To fully understand this new watch we must then take a look back at the DeLuca and see what features defined the model:
A stainless steel case
A matching steel bracelet with polished centre links
Chronograph function
Pump pushers
A black aluminium bezel
Date window at 4:30
You’ll notice that the new Chronomaster Sport from Zenith has exactly the same features as the DeLuca, simply updated to ensure the watch is in line with modern expectations.
1 апр 2021
