Number:
1922
Manufacturer:
Zenith
Country:
Switzerland
Model:
El Primeiro Big Blue
Year:
around 1970
Reference:
Ref. 01-0200-415
Movement:
Zenith Cal.3019 PHC
Body Diameter:
44 mm x 44 mm
Height:
14 mm
Face:
Lugs:
32 mm
Condition:
Good original condition
Remarks:
very few traces of wear. 2-piece, screwed stainless steel case with tilting pusher and winding crown, signed. The original manufacture movement ZENITH Cal. 3019 PHC is nickel plated, comes with 31 jewels and is in really good condition for a watch of this year. This is an automatic movement with a chronograph. The original blue dial is in very good condition. The tachymeter ring on the inside as a bezel, the minutes on the outside of the dial, bar-shaped, rhodium-plated indices, rhodium-plated hands filled with original luminous material, chronograph seconds, minute and hour from the middle, recessed minute counter at 3 o'clock, sunk hour counter at 6 o'clock and the constantly running, recessed second at 9 o'clock. The company logo is riveted under the 12 o'clock. At 6 below Swiss Made. This is the original dial with the original hands from 1970. The original Zenith mineral glass is scratch-free. The original stainless steel strap is in very good condition and fits wrists up to 20 cm measured with the watch. The stainless steel folding clasp is original and has the ZENITH logo on the outside. The watch comes with a gray ZENITH watch box.
Price:
see eBay auction
Description:
The ZENITH EL PRIMERO movement Cal. 3019 PHC was the first automatic chronograph movement in watch history. Zenith in Le Locle only produced this movement from 1969 to 1976. After that it was over again, if it hadn't been for the Swiss manufacturer ROLEX, who was looking for a suitable movement for his Daytona. From 1988 - 2000 ROLEX switched a slightly modified ZENIT Cal. 3019 PHC in its Daytona models. Clear proof of the high quality of the Zenith movement, with a double-ended tungsten carbide rotor, a very unique design that is extremely robust and reliable. It is also worth mentioning that the Cal. 3019 PHC oscillates at 36,000 vibrations per minute, making it one of the so-called high-speed vibrators in watch history. Our ZENITH El Primero BIG BLUE comes from a very well-kept private collection. The watch has been checked by our watchmaker and cleaning is currently not necessary, the watch has perfect rate values with a very good amplitude of the unrest. Such pieces, after all 50 years old, in a neat, untouched original condition with accessories are very rare today. Rare and valuable originals are also very popular today as an investment opportunity!
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