Zenith

Zenith Men's 03.0526.4037/21.R642 Defy Classic Open Grande Date Multicity 24 Hour Timezone Watch

• Automatic movement
• Black chronograph dial
• Black leather strap

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The Zenith Story

Zenith was created in 1865 by Georges Favre-Jacot, who, at age 22, was one of the first watchmakers to understand the importance of the principle of interchangeable parts.

It's said that one night after Jacot finished a movement he considered almost perfection he went out and looked at the stars and he felt the stars almost speak to him. He saw the gigantic constellation turning around the Pole star similar in the complexity to the movements of the pivots and the wheels on their axes. He decided then to call his new movement and its manufacture after the word that designates the highest point in the universe, ZENITH, the star was adopted as a brand symbol as it is still today.

By the time Jacot stopped working in 1929, Zenith had made watch history, winning grand prix medals for timekeeping precision at international expositions in Geneva, Paris, Barcelona, and Neuchatel.

In 1969, the company gained renown for introducing the world's first automatic chronograph movement, the El Primero. Oscillating at 36,000 alternations/hour, the El Primero was able to measure short intervals to a tenth of a second, an unsurpassed world record.

In 1995, Zenith launched a new generation of ultra-thin chronographs, the Elite, recently voted best mechanical movement by the professional press.

Since its beginning, Zenith has been recognized with more than 1,565 first observatory prizes in chronometry, making it the Swiss brand most rewarded for precision.

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Founded in 1865 by its fastidious owner, Zenith, represented the pinnacle of watchmaking perfection. Georges Favre-Jacot and his company was one of only a few watchmakers that manufactured complete watches. He produced these watches using up-to-date machinery and tools that he built himself. Zenith has garnered more than 1,500 international watchmaking awards and continues to produce wristwatches of distinction. Stainless steel case, transparent sapphire case-back, screw-down crown and push buttons, unidirectional rotating bezel, black vulcanized rubber strap, pin buckle, black guilloche dial, opening at 10 o'clock revealing heart of 4037 sc caliber, hand-mounted indexes and arabic numerals, luminous rhodium hands, 3-disc grande date at 2 o'clock, small seconds hand at 9 o'clock, 24 hour time-zone system with day/night indicator, chronograph features 30-minute counter at 3 o'clock and a central seconds hand, power reserve indicator at the 6 o'clock, anti-reflective scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, swiss automatic movement (caliber 4037 sc), power reserve min. 50 hours, water resistant to 100 meters/ 330 feet.

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• ASIN: B0036F0QH8
• Item model number: 03.0526.4037/21.R642
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