Historical inspiration and mechanical progress Especially for a chronograph with a 5 Hz movement, the tiny jumps of the chronograph second hand would make for strenuous reading of the measured time. This is a much more useful way to organize a chronograph as timing things over an hour is probably the rarest scenario but being able to differentiate between seven or eight tenths of a second is more functional.
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This is also why, instead of hour and minute counters, the Chronomaster Sport has minute and second counters as it needs to display the full 60 seconds somewhere since the central hand only traces ten seconds per revolution. My face scrunches as it considers the miniature namesake below telling the story of generations of progress and excitement with three words: Zenith El Primero. Ten times a second it hops, skips, and jumps forward, mocking my inaction by way of measured consistency. This deviation of expectation stirs the subconscious, then the conscious, then the curiosity, and my attention is finally drawn away from the blank digital canvas to my body.Īnd here I still sit, only now sitting with me, clutching my wrist tightly, is something pulsing with its own life, its own urgency. A year of this mess could do it to anyone – especially me, who pretends that it wasn’t having an effect while succumbing to its glorious banality.ĭeep from the recesses of my former life my hand habitually grasps at my wrist, fingers tracing the curve of a bezel that is familiar, yet new in this moment. Ridding myself of superfluous or intentional thought is a virtue I have perverted into vice, unflinching in its own persistence. That stillness begets not meditation but distraction, disillusion, an impulse to run and do anything, everything, something that makes the soul dance and create even the slightest forward motion.īlinking, breathing, blank as fresh snow, acutely aware of the seconds creeping past that silently take note of their own frantic pace as I sit painfully focused on my lack thereof. My bones creak as I shift in my mind and seat, mental exercises to spark the flame of inspiration anew. Thick and slow they are nudged by my effort but resist coercion and instead, dispersion and chaos are what they find in air drenching my bubble of self that seeks anything but continued stasis. Or is that pounding in my chest? Words and ideas turn to mist as I struggle to wrangle a cohesive thought from the jumble spilling over my lips, invisible but dripping like syrup in a cold pantry in the dead of winter. at least for me.Here I sit, unfocused and gazing past the empty pixels as the rhythmic synth pulses like the heartbeat of a frantic hare. That’s right, there would be no self-winding Daytona had it not been for the El Primero and considering the price of a Daytona these days and what you can get from an Zenith Chronomaster El Primero, the decision was an easy one….
Lume dots at the hour markers and the hour/minute hands is what we get here so don’t expect torch light brightness but then again this isn’t a dive piece so there is no need for that.īeating at a healthy 36000 VPH, this elegant high beat chronograph is so legendary that Rolex housed the movement in their famous Daytona.
The dial, a striking silver sunburst that shimmers between white to silver to grey depending on the light and allows the tri-colour subdials to pop. The symmetry of the 42mm dial allows perfect placement of the sub-dials and also the date window at 6pm (the 38mm has it between 4-5pm) and this, in turn, lets the dial breathe somewhat better and eliminates any cramping. The 42mm wears slightly larger due to it not having a bezel but for larger wrists it is perfect. It’s no revelation among the watch community this chunky wrist can adapt to many dial sizes and while the 38mm wore well on my wrist, I was easily captivated more by the 42mm which is what I put the cash down for.
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