The Chronomaster Revival Liberty flaunts a faithful reproduction of the case of the A384 of 1969. A year later, a stealth-inspired Revival El Primero A384 Shadow hit the scene with its matte grey titanium case and matte black and grey dial. To ensure the accurate reproduction of the A384, each part of the original El Primero A384 from 1969 was digitised. The standard El Primero A384 Revival, with panda dial.Īs you can imagine, the 50th-anniversary celebrations of the El Primero in 2019 resulted in a flurry of homage editions, including a highly coveted 1:1 re-edition of the A386 (part of a set) and a faithful revival of the A384, as well as the introduction of the El Primero 3600 calibre, a 21st-century take on the El Primero high-frequency movement. Epic events, the first marked America’s dominion in the space race, the second marked Zenith’s first place (El Primero) in the race to create an automatic chronograph movement – and a high-frequency calibre to boot!
Two significant events took place in 1969: on 20 July Neil Armstrong took man’s first step on the surface of the Moon and, albeit on a smaller scale and entirely influenced by our bias for mechanical watches, on 10 January the watchmaking world got wind of the first fully integrated high-frequency chronograph movement. Today Zenith releases another revival of the A384 decked out in red, white and blue exclusively for the North American market in a limited run of 150 watches. With its tonneau-shaped case and panda dial, the A384 was a true child of its time and captured the zeitgeist of the Age of Aquarius to a tee. One of these was the famous reference A384. Following the introduction of the calibre in 1969, a trilogy of watches was released bearing the winning chronograph movement.
Zenith celebrated an important milestone last year when the world’s first high-frequency automatic chronograph movement, the El Primero calibre, turned fifty.
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