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All of that grand complication is powered by the manually-wound CHR 29-535 PS Q and it is tucked inside a case that is only 40mm wide and 14.3mm link thick. When you blend the sizing with the less formal dial link coloring, the white gold, and the continued inclusion of luminous hands and markers, you get link a very soft-spoken, almost unassuming, execution of what is a very (VERY) hardcore piece of watchmaking.

That tri-color reference wasn't a mass-produced watch. Only 2000 pieces link were ever made making it link something of a cult-classic the live album from your favorite band link that you spend years trying to find a bootleg of. As the quartz crisis ravaged the mechanical watch industry taking countless brands down so too did Zenith fall in a way. Under new management it re-focused its efforts on quartz watchmaking leaving the El Primero behind.