The new reissue is water resistant to 300m and features the same steel “ladder” bracelet, so-called because of the absence of alternating mid-links, that was then produced for Zenith by Gay Frères. In watch history, 1969 is better remembered for Zenith’s introduction of its high beat automatic chronograph movement, the El Primero, but the octagonal case – which is paired with a 14-sided bezel – predates the use of such geometric shapes on watches like Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak or Girard-Perregaux’s Laureato.Īccording to Zenith, the idea behind such a “singularly edgy design” carrying a mechanical movement in 1969 was to demonstrate that mechanical watches still had a future in the face of the competition from then newly developed quartz watches. Inside beats a 4Hz automatic Elite 670 manufacture movement with a power reserve of 50 hours. The only cosmetic differences between the original watch and this reissue are the use of sapphire crystal, the exhibition caseback and the use of Super-LumiNova rather than radioactive Tritium which was used originally.
The 37mm stainless steel model with a warm grey gradient dial will be produced in exacting detail in a limited run of just 250 pieces, with Zenith going back to the original production plans.
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