During an auction, models from 1970 sold for between £3000-£8000. The El Primero model was released in 1969, and even after thorough documentation, they are still highly valued in recent days. Zenith timepieces are collectible and have made for exceptional antiques. Despite the quality of their watch movements, they keep adding innovative modifications to improve the quality of their watches and create superior movements. Over the years, Zenith has shown that they are technically excellent, which is demonstrated in its versatile watch designs.
Zenith is also known for producing durable timepieces that can withstand extreme conditions. They put their movement through meticulous tests to improve the quality. They have one of the most accurate watch movements in the world. These awards are figures of excellence that cover Zenith’s products from wristwatches, pocket watches, and more. Zenith also has a record-setting number of awards that surpasses 2000. The movement has a high level of precision with a high frequency reaching over 35,000 vibrations per hour, a one of its kind. They are credited for developing the first-ever integrated automatic chronograph movement found in the El Primero. However, Zenith’s watches are still made in-house in Le Locle, Switzerland. LVMH later bought Zenith in 1999, and the current CEO is Jean-Claude Biver. At the age of 22, he began to make watches in his workshop in Le Locle. During his early years, Georges Favre-Jacot was an apprentice in the watchmaking industry. Zenith is a Swiss luxury watch brand founded by Georges Favre-Jacot in 1865 at Le Locle, Switzerland. For watch collectors and admirers of beautiful mechanisms, El Primero will always be The First.Zenith | Men & Ladies Watches | Watches World The original El Primero may no longer be the most precise – that honour goes to last year’s big reveal, the Defy El Primero 21, – but its legendary status is set in stone. As well as adding functions to its star calibre, Zenith systematically incorporates the very latest technology, such as its Zenithium alloy in 2006 and silicon in 2010. Or the El Primero 4031 with its GMT, alarm, striking mechanism and large date display. Maybe the Open, introduced in 2003 and which reveals the mesmerising spectacle of a mechanical heart beating at 36,000 vibrations per hour.
It’s hard to know which of the many (more than twenty) versions to single out. The solidity and precision of the 1969 original have been enriched with numerous complications, including a tourbillon, large date, split-seconds mechanism, minute repeater, alarm, retrograde date and jumping seconds. The El Primero is the foundation on which Zenith has built its reputation.
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