Zenith El Primero Grande Class Open Watch
Posted by Ruth Miller on Fri 4th January 2008 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Watch Gift Ideas
Zenith El Primero chronograph movement is legendary for it’s pedigree which includes powering some of the finest watches in history i.e every rolex since 1969.
The mechanism is made from 354 minutely engineered parts, 41 tiny screws and 31 rubies. It takes 9 months to build and is accurate to 1/10th of a second. To put this in perspective other timepieces only manage 1/7th of a second. The retail price of the Zenith El Primero Grande Class Open is £5,200 ($10,400). But for such engineered quality it’s a price worth paying….
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