Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 1969

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Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 1969
05/11/2014
In 1969, Rolling Stones went to his first American touring under the slogan “The Greatest Rock and Rolling Group in the World” – and it was not an advertising exaggeration. In the same year, the world’s fastest automatic chronograph Zenith El Primero appeared. Exactly in 45 years old, born rebar met.
Head of the hourly direction LVMH Jean-Claude Beaver, one of the most authoritative people in the Swiss Luxury Industry, in the youth was desperate hippie and rebellion. He loved “Rolling” and hated to live in a pointer. That is how Baiver turned out to be in the world of watch art – when he broke the tent in the village de-Zhu and was amazed, with what self-dedication of the master every day created perfect and accurate mechanisms.
Times are changing, but not ideals. And already in the new millennium, a successful and famous Jean-Claude Beaver came with her son to the Rolling Stones concert in Zurich, where with the same self-dedication and passion, like 45 years ago, lit Mick and Kit. And then it was painted: here are two eternal values! The legendary El Primero sample of 1969 and the unique voice of Mika Jagger, on which not one generation of people grew, firmly know what to strive for. Is it worth saying that “Rollings” were delighted with the idea of ​​a special series El Primero Chronomaster 1969. The clock look like a historic original, only now the 12-hour meter of “6 hours” decorates the logo Rolling Stones in the form of bright red lips (According to the legend, the Mika Jagger himself). It is adjacent to the panoramic window, through which the silicon balance of the El Primero 4061 caliber is visible with the frequency of 36,000 pcs / hour. The provocative logo is shown on the sapphire window of the back cover of the case. Initially, the series was represented only in steel and is limited to 250 copies, but due to the great popularity of Zenith decided to increase the release and add 100 more copies in the gold case.
Jacques Claude Beaver, head of the watch division of the LVMH Group Holding:
“The cloth and modern type of thinking of the Stallowing creation of the first chronograph of El Primero in the 1960s, which is capable of counting time to one tenth of a second. The same non-sterotic worldview presented the world new music in the style of blues and rock and roll. Today and Zenith and The Rolling Stones are living legends. Model El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Rolling Stones This is the true fruit of their creative union, at the same time watches and rock-nroll. ”
REF: 03.2040.4061 / 69.C496 Case: from steel 42 mm, height 14.5 mm, sapphire glass with anti-reflective coating, sapphire window on the back cover decorated with a logo in the form of lips and the inscription The Rolling Stones Edition, WR 100 meters
Mechanism: Automatic caliber 4061, Balance frequency 36 000 pc / hour, silicon descent, Power reserve 50 hours, platinum and inertial sector decorated with engraving “Geneva Waves”
Functions: Clock, Minutes, Side Street Arrow, Chronograph with 30-minute and 12-hour counters
Dial: Silver, Rodium arrows and indices with luminescent coating, Red Second Arrow, Chronograph Counters are made in the same colors as the 1969 model, on a 12-hour counter ROLLING STONES logo
Strap: black aligate leather with rubber lining, triple bracelet fastener
Limit: 250 copies
Price: 410 000 rub.
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