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Zenith El Primero: a retrospective

EUROPA STAR ARCHIVES

By Serge Maillard

July 2019

We are lucky enough (or old enough!) to have had the chance to witness in real time the birth of the El Primero chronograph at Zenith in 1969. For the first time, we are opening up the Europa Star archives covering that year and even further back, as the brand celebrates the timepiece’s 50th anniversary.

Zenith El Primero: a retrospective

EUROPA STAR ARCHIVES

By Serge Maillard

July 2019

Zenith El Primero: a retrospective

We are lucky enough (or old enough!) to have had the chance to witness in real time the birth of the El Primero chronograph at Zenith in 1969. For the first time, we are opening up the Europa Star archives covering that year and even further back, as the brand celebrates the timepiece’s 50th anniversary.

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