{"id":34753,"date":"2019-11-14T10:32:37","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T08:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/?p=34753"},"modified":"2019-11-14T10:32:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T08:32:37","slug":"zenith-el-primeros-rebirth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/nouveaute-en-n-en\/focus-2\/zenith-el-primeros-rebirth.html","title":{"rendered":"ZENITH &#8211; El Primero\u2019s rebirth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>When it comes to anniversaries, <\/b><\/span>turning half a century is a big deal. It\u2019s therefore no surprise to see Zenith dedicate 2019 to celebrating 50 years of its El Primero caliber, which has been a gold standard of chronometric timekeeping in the industry since its introduction in 1969. And there is no better way to celebrate a legendary movement than by re-creating a faithful adaptation of the first watch to ever house the El Primero movement : the A384. Marking the last piece to join Zenith\u2019s El Primero 50<span class=\"s2\">th <\/span>Anniversary Revival series, the A384 Revival remains aesthetically faithful to the original A384 watch : the compact, angled tonneau-shaped steel case, the vintage-style pushers and crown ; the lacquered white dials with black counters creating a panda-type layout. Back in the 70s, the A384\u2019s design was considered futuristic, and while today the A384 Revival is technically \u201cvintage\u201d, this historical recreation of the 1969 watch still holds a certain contemporary appeal. So accurate is this Revival model that the only updates this piece features are the domed sapphire-crystal instead of acrylic glass, a transparent sapphire crystal caseback, and the fact that it houses the El Primero 400 Automatic caliber (ostensibly a fine-tuned grandchild of the original El Primero movement). Everything else remains true to the original 1969 model \u2013 a true celebration of an important milestone for Zenith.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>El Primero A384 Revival <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>CASE : <\/b><\/span>stainless steel <span class=\"s1\"><b>SIZE : <\/b><\/span>37mm\u00a0<span class=\"s1\"><b>MOVEMENT : <\/b><\/span>El Primero 400 Automatic caliber, 5Hz frequency, 50-hour power reserve <span class=\"s1\"><b>FUNCTIONS : <\/b><\/span>Hours, minutes, small seconds, 12-hour counter, 30-minute counter, tachymeter scale, date <span class=\"s1\"><b>DIAL : <\/b><\/span>white-lacquered dial with black counters with rhodium-plated hour markers coated in Super-LumiNova <span class=\"s1\"><b>STRAP : <\/b><\/span>black alligator strap or ladder bracelet<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to anniversaries, turning half a century is a big deal. It\u2019s therefore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":34750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34753"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34754,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34753\/revisions\/34754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}